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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• 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

1542-10-04

1621-09-17

Canonized

29 June 1930

Pius XI

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