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Also Known As San Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino
Born October 4, 1542 • Montepulciano • Tuscany
Died September 17, 1621 (aged 78) • Rome • Italy
Role In Counter-Reformation
St. Peter Canisius
Jesuit scholar
Gasparo Contarini
Venetian scholar, theologian, diplomat, and Roman Catholic cardinal
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish saint
Stanislaus Hosius
Polish cardinal
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Paul III
Paul III
pope
St. Anselm of Canterbury
St. Anselm of Canterbury
archbishop and philosopher
Joachim Of Fiore
Italian theologian
Gregory IX consecrating the chapel of St. Gregory, detail of a fresco, 13th century; in the lower church of Sacro Speco, Subiaco, Italy
Gregory IX
pope
St. Bonaventure
Saint Bonaventure
Italian theologian
Sarpi, detail of a portrait (the black spot on his face covers the scar from an unsuccessful attempt on his life in 1607); in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, Eng.
Paolo Sarpi
Italian theologian
Marsilio Ficino
Marsilio Ficino
Italian philosopher and theologian
Paul IV
Paul IV
pope
Pius IV
Pius IV
pope
Suárez, Francisco
Francisco Suárez
Spanish theologian and philosopher
Vincenzo Gioberti
Italian philosopher and statesman
Peter Lombard
French bishop
Gerard, St.
St. Gerard
Venetian monk
Murray, John Courtney
American theologian