Optional Memorial
Saint Robert Bellarmine
- Feast day
- September 17
- Patron of
- catechists
- Origin
- Italian
Life
Robert Bellarmine was a Jesuit cardinal and Doctor of the Church who was the foremost Catholic apologist of his era. He wrote extensively in defense of Church doctrine during the Counter-Reformation.
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