The Old University of Leuven was established in 1425 with Faculties of Arts, Medicine, Law; however, the university did not have a Faculty of Theology initially. In 1426 a Faculty of Canon Law was add
Pope Eugene IV who granted the University of Leuven permission to award theological degrees in 1432.
Michael Baius, professor of theology and rector.
Pope Adrian VI, former professor of the university
Febronius, former student at the Theological Faculty of Louvain.
Robert Bellarmine
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Robert Bellarmine was an Italian Jesuit and a cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was canonized a saint in 1930 and named Doctor of the Church, one of only 27 at the time. He was one of the most impor
17th-century portrait of Robert Bellarmine, Antwerp, Museum Plantin-Moretus
16th-century portrait of Saint Robert Bellarmine
Page of the short catechism of Bellarmine: Dottrina cristiana breve, 1752