Robert Bellarmine
Italian canon
Robert Bellarmine, SJ was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 37. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation. Wikipedia
Born: October 4, 1542, Montepulciano, Italy
Died: September 17, 1621 (age 78 years), Rome, Italy
Place of burial: Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio di Loyola, Rome, Italy
Parents: Cinzia Cervini and Vincenzo Bellarmino
Appointed: 18 March 1602
Beatified: 13 May 1923; Rome, Kingdom of Italy; by Pius XI
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