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Reformation & Counter-Reformation

Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621)

Jesuit controversialist, author of the Controversies and a catechism. Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 27 at the time. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation.

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