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The Reverend Jean Bolland SJ | |
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 1667 portrait of Bolland by Richard Collin after an illustration by Philip Fruytiers | |
| Born | 18 August 1596  Herve, Spanish Netherlands |
| Died | 12 September 1665 (aged 69) Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands |
| Occupation | Historian, hagiographer, writer, priest, theologian |
Jean Bolland, SJ (Latin: Johannes Bollandus) (13 August 1596 – 12 September 1665) was a Flemish Jesuit priest, theologian, and prominent hagiographer.[1]
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.