Jean Bolland
Flemish hagiographer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jean Bolland (Latin: Johannes Bollandus) (13 August 1596 ā 12 September 1665) was a Jesuit priest, theologian, and prominent Flemish hagiographer.[1]
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Born | 18 August 1596 Herve, Spanish Netherlands |
Died | 12 September 1665 (aged 69) Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands |
Occupation | Historian, hagiographer, writer, priest, theologian |
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Bolland's main achievement is the compilation of the first five volumes of the Lives of the Saints in Latin, called the Acta Sanctorum, a series which was continued by others, who, after his death, formed the Society of Bollandists.