JEAN BOLLAND

'Jean Bolland' (Latin ''Johannes Bollandus'') (August 18 1596, Julémont, near Liège - September 12 1665, Antwerp) was a Jesuit and hagiographer. Bolland compiled five vols. of the Lives of the Saints called ''Acta Sanctorum,'' which was continued by others, called after him ''Bollandists''.

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