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Robert Bellarmine

Italian Jesuit cardinal and saint (1542–1621)

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Robert Bellarmine


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17th-century portrait of Robert Bellarmine, Antwerp, Museum Plantin-Moretus

ChurchCatholic Church
ArchdioceseCapua
Appointed18 March 1602
Installed21 April 1602
Term endedAugust 1605
PredecessorCesare Costa
SuccessorAntonio Caetani Jr.
Other post(s)Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Ordination19 March 1570
Consecration21 April 1602
by Clement VIII
Created cardinal3 March 1599
by Clement VIII
RankCardinal-Priest
Born(1542-10-04)4 October 1542

Montepulciano, Grand Duchy of Tuscany

Died17 September 1621(1621-09-17) (aged 78)
Rome, Papal States
Coat of arms
Feast day17 September; 13 May (General Roman Calendar, 1932–1969)
Venerated inCatholic Church
Title as SaintConfessor and Doctor of the Church
Beatified13 May 1923
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
by Pius XI
Canonized