Saint Robert Bellarmine is perhaps one of the greatest Jesuits who ever lived. He was one of the Counter-Reformation saints of the Church, who defended Her with the utmost skill and fidelity when a host of heresies attempted to overtake Her. His catechisms for children and teachers were widely read and utilized well into the twentieth century (for more on the importance of his catechisms, see my paper, "The Church's Constant Preoccupation"). He is the patron saint of catechists.

Take some time today to learn more about this great man of faith:

• Liturgical Calendar: Optional Memorial of St. Robert Bellarmine
• The Galileo Project: Robert Cardinal Bellarmine
• Wikipedia: Robert Bellarmine
• EWTN: St. Robert Francis Romulus Bellarmine
• New Advent: St. Robert Francis Romulus Bellarmine
• Patron Saints Index: Robert Bellarmine
• Catholic Hierarchy: St. Robert Francis Romulus Cardinal Bellarmine, S.J.
• New Catholic Dictionary: Saint Robert Bellarmine
• The Crossroads Initiative: St. Robert Bellarmine
• Bellarmine on the Mystical Body of Christ
• St. Robert Bellarmine's Influence on the Writing of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Declaration of Rights
• Bellarmine's 15 Marks of the Church
• The Art of Dying Well by St. Robert Bellarmine
• The Eternal Happiness of the Saints by St. Robert Bellarmine
• Letter to Paolo Foscarini (On Galileo's Theories) by St. Robert Bellarmine
• On the Seven Words of Christ by St. Robert Bellarmine
• The Temporal Power of the Supreme Pontiff by St. Robert Bellarmine
• Treatise on Civil Government by St. Robert Bellarmine

St. Robert Bellarmine ... ora pro nobis.

Pax Christi,
phatcatholic