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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Bellarmine has received more than 824,896 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Robert Bellarmine is the 53rd most popular physician (up from 57th 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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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.29

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Robert Bellarmine ranks 53 out of 726. Before him are Christiaan Eijkman, Hilary of Poitiers, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Franz Mesmer, Eugen Bleuler, and Herbert Spencer Gasser. After him are René Laennec, Djer, Philippe Pinel, Gerhard Domagk, Emil Theodor Kocher, and Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1542, Robert Bellarmine ranks 6. Before him are Akbar, Mary, Queen of Scots, Tokugawa Ieyasu, John of the Cross, and Hattori Hanzō. After him are Mariam-uz-Zamani, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Jan Zamoyski, Ruqaiya Sultan Begum, Henriette of Cleves, and Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona. Among people deceased in 1621, Robert Bellarmine ranks 3. Before him are Philip III of Spain, and Pope Paul V. After him are Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, Thomas Harriot, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Michael Praetorius, Şehzade Mehmed, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Cristofano Allori, and Catherine Stenbock.

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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 In Vatican City

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

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