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Bollandist

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Bollandist
any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum, a critical and official hagiology begun by the Jesuits in the 17th century.
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The chief publication of the Bollandists, as they are called, is Acta Sanctorum (the Deeds of the Saints).
Dictionary of Saints by Kennedy, Leonard / Catholic Insight
Already in the nineteenth century, a Bollandist scholar proved that the identification of the rosary with Saint Dominic was false; that the rosary should have been attributed to a fifteenth-century Carthusian of the same name.
Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal
The Bollandist systematic collection resulted in the diffusion of a new critical spirit that replaced the methods of the Golden Legend.
Liturgy, Sanctity and History in Tridentine Italy: Pietro Maria Campi ... by Ardissino, Erminia / Renaissance Quarterly
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