On the holy life and remarkable intellect of Saint Robert Bellarmine

On September 17, 1621, the Cardinal-priest Robert Bellarmine died in Rome. Why did Pope Pius XI declare him a saint in 1930? And why did the same pope declare him a Doctor of the Church in 1931? Bellarmine was born into a noble but relatively...

On the holy life and remarkable intellect of Saint Robert Bellarmine
On September 17, 1621, the Cardinal-priest Robert Bellarmine died in Rome. Why did Pope Pius XI declare him a saint in 1930? And why did the same pope declare him a Doctor of the Church in 1931? Bellarmine was born into a noble but relatively...