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St. Robert Francis Romulus Bellarmine
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(Also, "Bellarmino").
A distinguished Jesuittheologian, writer, and cardinal, born at Montepulciano, 4 October, 1542; died 17 September, 1621.
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His father was Vincenzo Bellarmino, his mother Cinthia Cervini, sister of Cardinal Marcello Cervini, afterwards Pope Marcellus II. He was brought up at the newly founded Jesuitcollege in his native town, and entered the Society of Jesus on 20 September, 1560, being admitted to his first vows on the following day.
The next three years he spent in studying philosophy at the Roman College, after which he taught the humanities first at Florence, then at Mondovì. In 1567 he began his theology at Padua, but in 1569 was sent to finish it at Louvain, where he could obtain a fuller acquai