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Jean Bolland

1596 - 1665

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Jean Bolland (Latin: Johannes Bollandus) (13 August 1596 – 12 September 1665) was a Jesuit priest, theologian, and prominent Flemish hagiographer.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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Bolland has received more than 29,923 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Bolland is the 1,603rd most popular writer (up from 1,876th in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 237th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Bolland ranks 1,603 out of 5,755Before him are Matteo Maria Boiardo, Colin Wilson, Agnes Smedley, Enzo of Sardinia, Marie de Gournay, and Yevgenia Ginzburg. After him are Ken Wilber, Eugene Nida, René Char, Abu Tammam, Zeki Müren, and Miklós Zrínyi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Jean Bolland ranks 15Before him are Peter Mogila, Emperor Go-Mizunoo, Baldassare Longhena, Joan Blaeu, Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, and Johan Banér. After him are Constantijn Huygens, Jacob van Campen, Andreas Cellarius, Thomas de Keyser, Leonaert Bramer, and Heinrich Scheidemann. Among people deceased in 1665, Jean Bolland ranks 11Before him are César, Duke of Vendôme, Elisabetta Sirani, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, and Stefan Czarniecki. After him are Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Andreas Cellarius, Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Lorenzo Lippi.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jean Bolland ranks 211 out of 1,019Before him are Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573), Lutgardis (1182), Begga (615), Maerten de Vos (1532), and Henry II, Duke of Brabant (1207). After him are Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420), Alexander Agricola (1446), Juan de Flandes (1450), Princess Henriette of Belgium (1870), Willy Claes (1938), and Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1962).

Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Jean Bolland ranks 14Before him are Henri Michaux (1899), Laura Marx (1845), Victor Serge (1890), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Hugo Claus (1929), and Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522). After him are John of Ruusbroec (1293), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), William of Moerbeke (1215), Hendrik Conscience (1812), FM-2030 (1930), and J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856).