Robert Bellarmine

Catholic cardinal, saint, and Doctor of the Church · Italy · Religious Figures · Lived 1542 to 1621 · aged 78

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A Jesuit cardinal who became one of the Counter-Reformation's sharpest minds - and the man who sat across from Galileo when the Church told him to stop.

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2026Feast day, 17 September.17 September 20251621Died17 September 16211605“In the second conclave [8-16 May 1605. See Autobiography, note p. 72], he was very close to being elected Pope.”In their words16 May 1605Nel secondo conclave [8-16 maggio 1605. Autobiografia, nota p. 72] poco mancò che fosse eletto Papa. E allorché un cardinale di grandeRead the whole statement

1542“N. was born in the year of our Lord 1542, on 4 October. He had pious parents, especially his mother, whose name was Cinzia, sister of Pope Marcellus II.”In their wordsN. è nato nell'anno del Signore 1542, il giorno 4 ottobre. Ebbe pii genitori, specialmente la madre, che si chiamava Cinzia, sorella delRead the whole statement

Born4 October 1542

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In the second conclave [8-16 May 1605. See Autobiography, note p. 72], he was very close to being elected Pope.
May 16, 1605, Nel secondo conclave [8-16 maggio 1605. Autobiografia, nota p. 72] poco mancò che fosse eletto Papa. E allorché un cardinale di grande, Own words
N. was born in the year of our Lord 1542, on 4 October. He had pious parents, especially his mother, whose name was Cinzia, sister of Pope Marcellus II.
1542, N. è nato nell'anno del Signore 1542, il giorno 4 ottobre. Ebbe pii genitori, specialmente la madre, che si chiamava Cinzia, sorella del, Own words

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Born in Italy on 4 October 1542, Robert Bellarmine entered the Jesuits and rose through the Church's intellectual ranks as a professor of theology and later rector of the Roman College. He championed the reform decrees of the Council of Trent and in 1602 was made Archbishop of Capua. His name is tied to three trials that still echo: Giordano Bruno, Galileo, and Friar Fulgenzio Manfredi. He was elevated to cardinal and after his death on 17 September 1621, canonized in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church - one of only 27 at the time.

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