Jean Bolland

The Reverend

Jean Bolland

SJ
1667 portrait of Bolland by Richard Collin after an illustration by Philip Fruytiers
Born18 August 1596 Edit this on Wikidata
Herve, Spanish Netherlands
Died12 September 1665 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 69)
Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands
OccupationHistorian, hagiographer, writer, priest, theologian Edit this on Wikidata

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.