Sant'Ignazio, Rome
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The Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola at Campus Martius is a Latin Catholic titular church, of deaconry rank, dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society of Jesus, located in Rome, Ital
Façade of Sant'Ignazio
Nave
"Dome" of Sant'Ignazio
Andrea Pozzo's painted ceiling with trompe-l'œil architecture
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
Sant'Ignazio, Rome
…grandiose entablature. Other artworks in the church include a huge stucco statue of St. Ignatius by Camillo Rusconi (1728). Saints Aloysius Gonzaga, Robert Bellarmine, and John Berchmans are buried in the church. The church is also the resting place of Bartol Kašić. Andrea Pozzo, a Jesuit lay brother, painted the…
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