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Jean Bolland

1596 - 1665

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Jean Bolland, SJ (Latin: Johannes Bollandus) (13 August 1596 – 12 September 1665) was a Flemish Jesuit priest, theologian, and prominent 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 32,621 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Bolland is the 2,136th most popular writer (down from 1,599th in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 211th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Belgian Writer.

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Notable Works

Imago primi sæcvli Societatis Iesv a Provincia Flandro-Belgica eivsdem Societatis repræsentata ...
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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jean Bolland ranks 2,136 out of 7,302. Before him are Aphra Behn, Luís Fróis, Almeida Garrett, Kenneth Grahame, William Caxton, and Salvador de Madariaga. After him are Rachel Bluwstein, Sven Nordqvist, Judith Kerr, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, Minna Canth, and Raul Hilberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1596, Jean Bolland ranks 18. Before him are Johan Banér, Joan Blaeu, Jacob van Campen, Constantijn Huygens, Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano, and Andreas Cellarius. After him are Leonaert Bramer, Ebba Brahe, Thomas de Keyser, Heinrich Scheidemann, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, and John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. Among people deceased in 1665, Jean Bolland ranks 14. Before him are Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Andreas Cellarius, and Pieter Jansz. Saenredam. After him are Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Lorenzo Lippi, and Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jean Bolland ranks 297 out of 1,190. Before him are Frans Floris (1519), Abraham Janssens (1570), John III, Duke of Brabant (1300), Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (1872), Patrick Sercu (1944), and Sebastiaen Vrancx (1573). After him are Gustave de Molinari (1819), Michiel Coxie (1499), Arnold Geulincx (1624), Peter Snayers (1592), William of Moerbeke (1215), and Arthur Grumiaux (1921).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Jean Bolland ranks 16. Before him are Victor Serge (1890), Georges Rodenbach (1855), Hugo Claus (1929), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), Michel de Ghelderode (1898), and John of Ruusbroec (1293). After him are William of Moerbeke (1215), Guido Gezelle (1830), Hendrik Conscience (1812), J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Amélie Nothomb (1967), and Jean Ray (1887).

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