San Roberto Bellarmino is a church in

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founded by

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in 1933. It followed the canonisation of the

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Cardinal

Robert Bellarmine Robert Bellarmine (; ; 4 October 1542 – 17 September 1621) 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 37. He was one of the most important figure ...

(1542–1621) in 1930, and his being named a

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in 1931. The architect Clemente Busiri Vici made the designs in the years 1931–1933. Construction took more than two decades, and it was consecrated in 1959 by Archbishop

Luigi Traglia Luigi Traglia (3 April 1895 – 22 November 1977) was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Vicar General of Rome from 1965 to 1968, and Dean of the College of Cardinals from 1974 until his death. Traglia was elevated to the cardinalat ...

. It is served by the Jesuits, and has a mosaic by Renato Tomassi and a high altar donated by

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. San Roberto Bellarmino is a

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. Its cardinal priest is Cardinal

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, who was created Cardinal on 22 February 2014.

Location

The church is located in Piazza Ungheria, in the quarter of

Parioli Parioli () is the 2nd of Rome, identified by the initials Q. II. The toponym is also used to indicate the urbanistic area 2B of the . The name comes from Monti Parioli, a series of tufa hills, and was given to the area before its incorporatio ...

Cardinal priests

* Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. (28 April 1969 – 3 June 1994) *

Augusto Vargas Alzamora Augusto Vargas Alzamora S.J. (9 November 1922 – 4 September 2000) was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1940. He studied at the Jesuit Philosophical Faculty in San Migu ...

, S.J. (26 November 1994 – 4 September 2000) *

Jorge Mario Bergoglio Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death in 2025. He was the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin A ...

, S.J. (21 February 2001 – 13 March 2013; elected Pope Francis) *

(22 February 2014 – present)

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Location

Cardinal priests

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