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About St. Robert Bellarmine
1542 – 1621 · Feast September 17 · Cardinal / Jesuit / Doctor of the Church
Italian Jesuit cardinal and theologian (1542-1621), of Tuscan birth, professor at the Roman College, archbishop of Capua; foremost Catholic controversialist of the post-Tridentine era, author of the "Disputationes de Controversiis" and a popular catechism, advisor to popes during the Galileo affair (which he handled with prudence). Doctor of the Church (1931).
St. Robert Bellarmine is the patron saint of Catechists, Canon Lawyers and Theologians.
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