page_title: Bollandist
hierarchical_section_title: Bollandist
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Acta Sanctorum, January volume, published in 1643 Русский: ru:Acta Sanctorum первый январский том, издан в 1643 году Русский: uk:Acta Sanctorum, гравюра з І січневого тому, 1643
context_page_description: The Bollandists or Bollandist Society are an association of scholars, philologists, and historians who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity. Their most important publication has been the Acta Sanctorum. They are named after the Flemish Jesuit Jean Bolland or Bollandus.
context_section_description: The Bollandists or Bollandist Society (French: Société des Bollandistes) are an association of scholars, philologists, and historians (originally all Jesuits, but now including non-Jesuits) who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity. Their most important publication has been the Acta Sanctorum (The Lives of the Saints). They are named after the Flemish Jesuit Jean Bolland or Bollandus (1596–1665).
caption: Acta Sanctorum  (IANUARIUS 1643)
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