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Robert Bellarmine

1542 - 1621

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Robert Bellarmine (; Italian: Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino; 4 October 1542 – 17 September 1621) 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 37. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation. Bellarmine was a professor of theology and later rector of the Roman College, and in 1602 became Archbishop of Capua. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Bellarmine is the 68th most popular physician (down from 53rd in 2019), the most popular biography from Vatican City and the most popular Physician.

Robert Bellarmine was a Jesuit priest and Cardinal who wrote many books on the Catholic Church. He is most famous for his work in defending the Catholic Church against the Protestant Reformation.

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Among physicians, Robert Bellarmine ranks 68 out of 726. Before him are Gerhard Domagk, Jean-Martin Charcot, Francesco Redi, António Egas Moniz, René Laennec, and Franz Mesmer. After him are André Frédéric Cournand, Otto Loewi, Hilary of Poitiers, William P. Murphy, Christiaan Barnard, and Ambroise Paré.

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Among people born in 1542, Robert Bellarmine ranks 7. Before him are Akbar, Mary, Queen of Scots, Tokugawa Ieyasu, John of the Cross, Hattori Hanzō, and Mariam-uz-Zamani. After him are Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Jan Zamoyski, Isabella de' Medici, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, and Henriette of Cleves. Among people deceased in 1621, Robert Bellarmine ranks 3. Before him are Pope Paul V, and Philip III of Spain. After him are Thomas Harriot, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Michael Praetorius, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Şehzade Mehmed, Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania, and Cristofano Allori.

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In Vatican City

Among people born in Vatican City, Robert Bellarmine ranks 1 out of 4. After him are Lucius Junius Brutus (-600), Horatius Cocles (-600), and Spurius Lartius (-600).

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Among physicians born in Vatican City, Robert Bellarmine ranks 1. 

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