St. Robert Bellarmine
| Saint Robert Bellarmine, S.J. | |
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| Bishop, Confessor and Doctor of the Church | |
| Born |
4 October 1542 Montepulciano, Italy |
| Died | 17 September 1621 (aged 78) Rome, Italy |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 13 May 1923, Rome by Pope Pius XI |
| Canonized | 29 June 1930, Rome by Pope Pius XI |
| Major shrine | Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio, Rome, Italy |
| Feast | 17 September; 13 May (General Roman Calendar, 1932–1969) |
| Patronage | Bellarmine University; Bellarmine Preparatory School; Fairfield University; Bellarmine College Preparatory; canonists; canon lawyers; catechists; Robert Barron (bishop); catechumens; Archdiocese of Cincinnati, |
Saint Robert Bellarmine, S.J. (Italian: Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino; 4 October 1542 – 17 September 1621) was an Italian Jesuit and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation.
He was a professor of theology and later rector of the Roman College, and in 1602 became archbishop of Capua. Bellarmine supported the reform decrees of the Council of Trent.
He was canonized in 1930 and named a Doctor of the Church. Bellarmine is also widely remembered for his role in the Giordano Bruno affair and the Galileo affair.
Bellarmine was born at Montepulciano, the son of noble, albeit impoverished, parents, Vincenzo Bellarmino and his wife Cinzia Cervini, who was the sister of Pope Marcellus II. As a boy he knew Virgil by heart and composed a number of poems in Italian and Latin. One of his hymns, on Mary Magdalene, is included in the Roman Breviary.
He entered the Roman novitiate in 1560, remaining in Rome three years. He then went to a Jesuit house at Mondovì, in Piedmont, where he learned Greek. While at Mondovì, he came to the attention of Francesco Adorno, the local Jesuit Provincial Superior, who sent him to the University of Padua.
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