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Robert Bellarmine

1542 - 1621

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Robert Bellarmine, SJ (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 749,499 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Robert Bellarmine is the 57th most popular physician (up from 62nd in 2019), the most popular biography from Vatican City (up from 2nd in 2019) 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

Among physicians, Robert Bellarmine ranks 57 out of 502Before him are Hilary of Poitiers, Gerhard Domagk, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Philippe Pinel, Hans Asperger, and Hua Tuo. After him are Christiaan Eijkman, René Laennec, Niels Ryberg Finsen, Eugen Bleuler, Emil Theodor Kocher, and Djer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1542, Robert Bellarmine ranks 6Before him are Mary, Queen of Scots, Akbar, Tokugawa Ieyasu, John of the Cross, and Hattori Hanzō. After him are Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Isabella de' Medici, Mariam-uz-Zamani, Jan Zamoyski, Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, and Henriette of Cleves. Among people deceased in 1621, Robert Bellarmine ranks 3Before 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 Antoine de Montchrestien.

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In Vatican City

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

Among PHYSICIANS In Vatican City

Among physicians born in Vatican City, Robert Bellarmine ranks 1