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Events on Friday 17 September 1621 1
1542 – 1621Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621)Died 17 September 1621, aged 78Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit theologian and cardinal who became a leading defender of Catholic doctrine during the Counter-Reformation. He served on the Roman Inquisition panel that investigated Galileo Galilei in 1616 and warned him against openly teaching Copernican astronomy. He was canonized in 1930 and later declared a Doctor of the Church.