Optional Memorial
Saint Robert Bellarmine
- Feast day
- September 17
- Origin
- Italian
Patron of
- catechists
Life
Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) was an Italian Jesuit cardinal and Doctor of the Church, the foremost Catholic apologist of the Counter-Reformation. Born in Montepulciano, Tuscany, he wrote extensively in defense of Church doctrine, served as archbishop of Capua, and composed catechisms used for centuries. He is a patron saint of catechists.
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