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The Bollandists' studies led to the texts of the Missale Romanum, the Liturgia Horarum and the Martyrologium referring to Mary of Magdala. These studies were positively cited in Pope Francis ' elevation of the saint's feast day to the status of a liturgical Feast.
Bollandist, member of a small group of Belgian Jesuits who edit and publish the Acta Sanctorum, the great collection of biographies and legends of the saints, arranged according to their feast days.
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Aug 7, 2024 · Discover the rich heritage of saints' lives. Explore hagiographies and historical research, from the renowned Bollandist Society.
Jun 11, 2018 · A small group of Jesuits in Antwerp, Belgium, organized into a society in the 17th century by Jean Bolland for the critical study and publication of the lives of the saints. Although named after the first of their number, the group got inspiration from the learned Leribert Rosweyde (1569 to 1629), who conceived the idea of purging the lives of ...
The Bollandists' studies led to the texts of the Missale Romanum, the Liturgia Horarum and the Martyrologium referring to Mary of Magdala. These studies were positively cited in Pope Francis ' elevation of the saint's feast day to the status of a liturgical Feast.
Bollandists, the, an association of ecclesiastical scholars engaged in editing the Acts Sanctorum. This work is a great hagiographical collection begun during the first years of the seventeenth century, and continued to our own day.
After the restoration of the Society of Jesus in Belgium, a new team of Bollandists is established in St Michael’s College in the centre of Brussels. 1876 Bollandist Charles De Smedt introduces a fundamental reform inspired by the renewal of the historical method in Germany.
