In 1588, he was made the spiritual director of the Roman College, and in that capacity served as the spiritual guide for the last years of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, who died at that college in 1591. Among the many ecclesiastical pies that Saint Robert had his hand in are the following: Cardinal Bellarmine helped Saint Francis de Sales obtain approval for the Visitation Order of nuns that he co-founded with Saint Jane Frances de Chantal. The Holy See having forbidden Catholics to take this oath, King James himself came forward as its defender, in a book entitled "Tripoli nodo triplex cuneus", to which Bellarmine replied in his "Responsio Matthfi Torti". ; Epistol familiares (1650); EUDAEMON JOANNIS, De pio obitu Card. As a young professor, Saint Robert taught himself Hebrew and wrote a popular grammar of the Hebrew language. Even if you've never read the Summa you will, I am sure, appreciate our late Brother's tribute. "We have said", wrote Benedict XIV to Cardinal de Tencin, "in confidence to the General of the Jesuits that the delay of the Cause has come not from the petty matters laid to his charge by Cardinal Passionei, but from the sad circumstances of the times" (tudes Religieuses, 15 April, 1896). Regrettably, I can't reply to every letter, but I greatly appreciate your feedback especially notifications about typographical errors and inappropriate ads. Clement VIII at first inclined to this view, but afterwards changed completely and determined on a doctrinal definition. Bellarmine made the Spiritual Exercises with the visitor, which marked his life and began his devotion to the Society of Jesus. 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The maximum number of form submissions has been reached. He had written against pluralism and non-residence of bishops within their dioceses. Innocent III said that it was her prayer and penance that saved him from hell. Bellarmine, whose loyalty to the Holy See was intense, took this greatly to heart; it was, however, averted by the death of Sixtus, and the new pope, Gregory XIV, even granted to Bellarmine's work the distinction of a special approbation. Saint Robert Bellarmine took to refuting his colleague, whose errors caused him great alarm. Bellarmine did not live to deal with the later and more serious stage of the Galileo case, but in 1615 he took part in its earlier stage. Irving, TX 75062 Keating selected the school's name from St. Robert Bellarmine (a 17th-century Italian Jesuit priest) and Thomas Jefferson (the nation's 3rd president). Of derived lives the best are those by FRIZON (1708), and COUDERC (1893). Catholic.org - with thousands of pages of magisterial content. In response to the Protestant Reformation, much of his efforts went toward organizing Church doctrine for clarity and understanding. Bellarmine was born in Montepulciano, the son of noble, albeit impoverished, parents, Vincenzo Bellarmino and his wife Cinzia Cervini, who was the sister of Pope Marcellus II. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. My email address is webmaster at newadvent.org. Miracles and Faith July 6, 2022 Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every. Unlike the previously mentioned formal injunction (see earlier footnote), this certificate would have allowed Galileo to continue using and teaching the mathematical content of Copernicus's theory as a purely theoretical device for predicting the apparent motions of the planets. There he was ordained and obtained a reputation both as a professor and as a preacher. [a] At Leuven he made extensive studies in the Church Fathers and scholastic theologians, which gave him the material for his book De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis (Rome, 1613). de thiol. Living Our Vision This would be one of numerous illustrations of the mans prodigious mental abilities. He has left us a host of important writings, including works of devotion and instruction, as well as controversy. Saint Robert Bellarmine; Robert Bellarmine. Some rights reserved. ; and for Bellarmine's doctrine on papal authority, DE LA SERVIRE, De Jacobo Angl. Catholic Online Saints - thousands of saints bios. His remains, in a cardinal's red robes, are displayed behind glass under a side altar in the Church of Saint Ignatius, the chapel of the Roman College, next to the body of his student, Aloysius Gonzaga, as he himself had wished. In the seventh room, the Eucharist is clearly visible in the monstrance and a place has been prepared for you to rest a while in His presence. Saint Robert Bellarmine Catholic School is dedicated to educating students in a Catholic, Christ-centered environment. So be it: no time must be spared to elevate the papacy to heights of power, both temporal and spiritual, it had never achieved. St. Robert Bellarmine, Italian in full San Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino, (born October 4, 1542, Montepulciano, Tuscany [Italy]died September 17, 1621, Rome; canonized 1930; feast day September 17), Italian cardinal and theologian, an opponent of the Protestant doctrines of the Reformation. Episode 370: Dramatis Personae Hebdomodae Sanctae, Episode 369: Types and Shadows of Our Lords Resurrection, The Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Outside the Church there is no Salvation (Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus), Saint Benedict Center in Richmond, New Hampshire, Brother Francis, M.I.C.M. St. Aloysius was born in Castiglione, Italy. In 1592, Bellarmine was made rector of the Roman College and then, in 1595, the Jesuit Provincial of Naples. But his testimony, as there is no evidence to the contrary, should be accepted as decisive, seeing how conscientious a man he was in the estimation of his contemporaries; and the more so since it cannot be impugned without casting a slur on the character of his fellow-commissioners who accepted his suggestion, and of Clement VIII who with full knowledge of the facts gave his sanction to Bellarmine's preface being prefixed to the new edition. Those then that know Christ acknowledge that it was . Robert was the third of their ten children and was a sickly and frail boy who was educated by the Jesuits, who praised him for his academic performance as well as his sanctity.