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Robert Bellarmine
Robert Bellarmine 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 27 at the time. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation.
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culture · Italian Jesuit cardinal and saint (1542–1621) · Latin Catholic priest · writer · librarian · university teacher · theologian · philologist · Hebraist · Catholic bishop · priest · also Robert Bellarmine, Roberto Francesco Romulo Bellarmino, Bellarmine
Born 4 October 1542 · Died 17 September 1621 · Q298664
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2021· 1 entry
National Catholic Register: St. Robert Bellarmine, the Hammer of Heretics
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2017· 1 entry
National Catholic Register: St. Robert Bellarmine Speaks Again
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1930· 1 entry
And named Doctor of the Church, one of only 27 at the time
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1621· 2 entries
Died 1621-09-17.
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“N. è nato nell'anno del Signore 1542, il giorno 4 ottobre. Ebbe pii genitori, specialmente la madre, che si chiamava Cinzia, sorella del Papa Marcello II.”
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1617· 1 entry
Career landmark: Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals (1617–1618).
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1602· 1 entry
Career landmark: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Capua (1602–1605).
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1599· 1 entry
Career landmark: cardinal (1599).
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1542· 1 entry
Born 1542-10-04.
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