VIDEO: The Art Of Dying Well, Saint Robert Bellarmine, Catholic Audiobook
Preparation for death is one of the most important parts of life. During
the Middle Ages, there were many poems and treatises published on this
topic, and written for every sort of person. But during the Reformation
and Counter-Reformation, this sort of spirituality fell out of fashion.
Cardinal
Roberto Bellarmino, known during his working life for his skills with
law and argument, in old age found himself preparing for death by
writing simple books that returned to the simple spirituality he'd been
taught in childhood. They became bestsellers, and in death he came to be
honored as a saint and a Doctor of the Church.