Search results
Bellarmine entered the Roman Jesuit novitiate in 1560, remaining in Rome for three years. He then went to a Jesuit house at Mondovì, in Piedmont, where he learned Greek. While at Mondovì, he came to the attention of Francesco Adorno, the local Jesuit provincial superior, who sent him to the University of Padua. [6]
Robert Bellarmine (Roberto Bellarmino, 1542-1621) was a scholar, theologian and intrepid defender of the Faith during the controversies of the Reformation. As a cardinal he served three popes who counted on his wisdom and scholarly advice.
Sep 30, 2024 · During his lifetime he was regarded as one of the most enlightened of theologians and was named a doctor of the church by Pope Pius XI in 1931. He is one of the patron saints of catechists and catechumens. Bellarmine entered the Society of Jesus in 1560.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 17, 2024 · St. Robert Bellarmine, whose feast is celebrated Sept. 17 on the General Roman Calendar, was a Jesuit and a cardinal who used his incredible intellect to defend Catholic teaching, largely...
Sep 17, 2024 · But Bellarmine was a good student at the Jesuit schools to which his father sent him, and he decided to become a Jesuit priest himself–over his father’s objections–when he was about eighteen...
After spending the majority of his life fiercely defending the faith, Bellarmine retired to the Jesuit community in Rome and died in 1621 at the age of 78. Let us follow his example and take up Marian devotion, especially the First Saturdays and the daily Rosary for peace, so that error may fade and truth may shine all the more clearly.
People also ask
How did Bellarmine become a Jesuit?
Who is Saint Robert Bellarmine?
Why did Cardinal Bellarmine stay in Rome?
What made Bellarmine a saint?
Who is Bellarmine and what did he do?
When did Bellarmine become a cardinal?
In both conclaves, especially that latter, the name of Bellarmine was much before the electors, greatly to his own distress, but his quality as a Jesuit stood against him in the judgment of many of the cardinals. The new pope insisted on keeping him at Rome, and the cardinal, obediently complying, demanded that at least he should be released ...
