Robert Bellarmine

1542 - 1621

languages spoken, written or signed: Latin, Italian

educated at: Pontifical Gregorian University, University of Padua, Old University of Leuven

occupation: writer, librarian, university teacher, Latin Catholic priest, theologian, regular cleric, priest, philologist, Hebraist

position held: archbishop of Capua, cardinal, Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, Catholic bishop, Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University

Robert Bellarmine, SJ (Italian: Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino; 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 37. 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)