Father Jean Bolland

Also known as

• John van Bolland
• Johannes Bollandus

Profile

Jesuit. Hagiographer. Bolland compiled five volumes of the Lives of the Saints called Acta Sanctorum, a project which has been continued by others, called after him the Bollandists.

Born

• 18 August 1596 in Julémont, now a part of Herve, Belgium

Died

• 12 September 1665 in Antwerp, Belgium

MLA Citation

• “Father Jean Bolland”. People of the Faith. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 December 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/father-jean-bolland/>