How well do you know the saints of Latin America? Do you know who is the patron saint of South America, or who was the first Ecuadorian saint to be canonized?
As we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month starting on September 15, we invite you to test your knowledge about significant Latin American saints and Catholics from history – take the quiz below!
Sources:
Butler’s Lives of Saints, ed. Bernard Bangley.
“Fray Juan de Zumárraga, Protector of the Indians,” Fidel de J. Chauvet, The Americas, Vol. 5, No. 3. (January 1949).
“Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin,” The Vatican.
“Martin de Porres,” Notre Dame University.
Rohling, Geraldine M., PhD, MAEd. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception: Guide and Tour Book. Washington, D.C.: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 2018.
“Santa Mariana de Jesús,” EWTN.
“Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz,” Britannica.
“Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz,” National Poetry Foundation.
“Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: The First Great Latin American Poet,” National Endowment for the Humanities.
“The Life of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: Key Years and Events,” National Endowment for the Humanities.
The Way of Saints, by Tom Cowan.
“This heroine of Ecuador lived on nothing but the Eucharist,” Aleteia.