Robert Bellarmine
Robert Bellarmine (4 October 1542 – 17 September 1621) 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.
Bellarmine was a professor of theology and later rector of the Roman College, and in 1602 became Archbishop of Capua. He supported the reform decrees of the Council of Trent. He is also widely remembered for his role in the Giordano Bruno affair, the Galileo affair, and the trial of Friar Fulgenzio Manfredi.
Patron saint of Bellarmine University; Bellarmine Preparatory School; Fairfield University; Bellarmine College Preparatory; St. Robert's School; Darjeeling; canonists; canon lawyers; catechists; catechumens; Archdiocese of Cincinnati; St. Robert Catholic High School; Scranton Preparatory School
In the Martyrology
- September 17 Saint Robert Bellarmine, Jesuit, archbishop of Capua, cardinal, doctor of the Church