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Tag: Robert Bellarmine
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Robert Bellarmine
St Robert Bellarmine (1542 -1621) was born into a noble but impoverished family at Montepulciano, Italy. He was a bright student and at 16, entered a novitiate College in Rome. He then progressed to the Universities of Padua and Leuven. Following his ordination, St Robert began a long teaching career at Leuven University. He became…