St. Roberto Francesco Romolo Cardinal Bellarmino, S.J. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
4 Oct 1542		Born
21 Sep 1560	17.9	Professed	Member of Society of Jesus
19 Mar 1570	27.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of Jesus
3 Mar 1599	56.4	Elevated to Cardinal
17 Mar 1599	56.4	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Via
18 Mar 1602	59.4	Appointed	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
21 Apr 1602	59.5	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
1 Jun 1605	62.6	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Matteo in Merulana
Aug 1605³	62.8	Resigned	Archbishop of Capua, Italy
31 Aug 1621	78.9	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
17 Sep 1621	78.9	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Capua, Italy
13 May 1923		Beatified
29 Jun 1930		Canonized

Note(s): ³ Day Uncertain

MicroData Summary for St. Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino
(VIAF: 121884477; WikiData: Q298664)
St. Roberto Francesco Romolo Cardinal Bellarmino S.J. (born 4 Oct 1542, died 17 Sep 1621) Archbishop Emeritus of Capua

Consistory - 1599: Created Cardinal
Conclave - March/April 1605: Participated
Conclave - May 1605: Participated
Conclave - 1621: Participated

Event Place
Birth Place Montepulciano

a priest for 51.4 years
a bishop for 19.4 years
a cardinal for 22.5 years

Principal Consecrator:
Pope Clement VIII
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Camillo Cardinal Borghese †
Cardinal-Priest of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Alfonso Cardinal Visconte, C.O. †
Bishop of Spoleto

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope Clement VIII (1592)
(Ippolito Aldobrandini (Sr.) †)
Alfonso Cardinal Gesualdo di Conza (Gonza) † (1564)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Francesco Cardinal Pisani † (1527)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Alessandro Cardinal Farnese † (1519)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Leo X (1513)
(Giovanni de’ Medici †)
Raffaele Cardinal Sansoni Riario † (1504)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Julius II (1481)
(Giuliano della Rovere †)
Pope Sixtus IV (1471)
(Francesco della Rovere, O.F.M. †)
Guillaume Cardinal d’Estouteville, O.S.B. †
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)

Principal Consecrator of:
Antonio Cardinal Caetani (Jr.) † (1605)
Ottavio Cardinal Acquaviva d’Aragona (Sr.) † (1605)
Fabrizio Cardinal Verallo † (1606)
Bishop Vincenzo Meligne † (1606)
Archbishop Attilio Amalteo † (1606)
Bishop Giovanni Battista Giorgi, O.S.B. † (1606)
Bishop Martino Mira † (1607)
Bishop Marcantonio Bellini † (1607)
Bishop Mario Cossa † (1607)
Bishop Barzellino de’ Barzellini † (1607)
Bishop Sebastiano Poggi † (1607)
Bishop Jean des Porcelets de Maillane † (1607)
Bishop Giulio Masi † (1611)
Bishop Giulio Mattei † (1611)
Archbishop János Telegdy † (1611)
Bishop Giovanni Tommaso Eustachio, C.O. † (1612)
Bishop Angelo Della Ciaia † (1616)
Odoardo Cardinal Farnese † (1621)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Montepulciano

Source(s):

b: The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church, 3 Mar 1599
b: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 133
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1602, Number 6

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