Saints Alive 1

St Pancras (of Rome) is probably best remembered now for his name having been given to an old London church, its successor building, its local district and latterly the national and international railway terminus.
The original Pancras was martyred for his faith by the Romans (under Diocletian) at a remarkably tender age, in AD 304. How old was he, reportedly?

In New Testament times, even wandering preachers had to have a trade by which they could earn a living. Which ONE of the following is WRONG?

Who was the mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, and who is believed to have rediscovered the True Cross (of Calvary) about three centuries after the Crucifixion?

Which Saint brought Christianity to the south-east of Britain in AD 597, founding the See of Canterbury?

In 1982 Argentina sparked a minor but unpleasant war with Britain over rights to what British people call the Falkland Islands: an archipelago very much nearer the Argentine mainland (in the South Atlantic) than to the United Kingdom. Spanish-speakers and others, quite understandably, preferred to use another name for the disputed islands and referred to them as 'Las Malvinas', believing the first colonists to have sailed there from the French port of St-Malo.
All very well until we find out what we can of the origins of St Malo (or Maclou) himself, one of Brittany's seven founding saints. There are some doubts and confusions amid the three preserved Latin versions of his life, but it seems most likely that he was born around 520 AD ... in which part of the British Isles?

St Simeon Stylites (early 4th century) was an ascetic, or hermit, who chose to live very frugally and all alone ... where?

St Francis ~ who famously loved and respected all living things, including the animal kingdom in all its diversity ~ is traditionally associated with which city?

Who is the Patron Saint of music, on whose feast day the British composers Henry Purcell and Benjamin Britten were each born?

St Bernadette was a miller's daughter in south-western France who, during the spring of 1858, had visions of the Virgin Mary. The site of these apparitions is now a major centre for pilgrimages and healing: where is it?

The 'Union Jack' flag of Great Britain combines the emblematic crosses of the four patron saints of the British Isles' constituent nations. Working clockwise from the most northerly, these are: