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St Robert Bellarmine

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St. Bellarmine was born in 1542 A.D. in the Monte Pulciano, Tuscany. He was ordained as a Jesuit priest. St. Bellarmine wrote a "Catechism" and " Disputationes de Controversiis Christian Fidei". He was elected to the College of Cardinals when he was bishop of Capua. St. Bellarmine was involved with the Galileo affair. He died in 1621 A.D. St. Bellarmine is the Patron Saint of Catechists and Catechumens.

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