Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621 (Italian Jesuit and Cardinal of the Catholic Church)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1542 - 1621
Biography
Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino was a very important figure in the Counter-Reformation. He was a professor of theology who became archbishop of Capua in 1602. He was canonised in 1930. He wrote many works, some of them controversial. Among his better known writings are: Admonitio cardenalis Bellarmini ad episcopum Theanensem nepotum suum;Catechismus; De arte bene moriendi.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
MS 17: Historia Scholastica by Petrus Comestor , 13th century
Item
Identifier: MS 17
Scope and Contents
The manuscript contains the Historia Scholastica, an abridged version of the Bible written around 1170 by Petrus Comestor for the students of the cathedral school of Paris. The text consists in the retelling of stories (hence the name historia) taken from the Bible and in their explanation. It became an essential part of the curriculum of the theological school and greatly influenced popular Bibles produced in the 13th and...
Dates:
13th century