1710–20; named after Cardinal Bellarmino (1542–1621), Italian churchman, the object of the caricature on the bottle
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Bellarmine Mugabe is one of two sons Robert Mugabe had with his second wife, Grace.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
Grace said at the time that she had acted in self-defence after she was attacked in the room where Bellarmine and Robert Jr lived.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026
It was the first time the Bruins had three players score 20 or more points since four of them did it against Bellarmine in November 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
Many work on short, semester-long contracts across three colleges at the university: the Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts, the College of Communication and Fine Arts and the School of Film and Television.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025
Similarly, in April, Cardinal Bellarmine asked the Jesuit astronomers whether Galileo’s discoveries had been confirmed.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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