Bollandists

Bollandists

Bollandists , group of Jesuits in Belgium, named for their early leader, Jean Bolland, a Flemish Jesuit of the 17th cent. They were charged by the Holy See with compiling an authoritative edition of the lives of the saints, the monumental Acta sanctorum, which is still in progress.

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Bollandists. A small group of Belgian Jesuit scholars of hagiology. It was begun by John van Bolland (1596–1665) to publish the Acta Sanctorum, a massive critical collection of the lives of Christian saints.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Bollandists." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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Bollandists. The Jesuit editors of the ‘Acta Sanctorum’, so called after John van Bolland (1596–1665), the founder and first editor of the work.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Bollandists." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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