Bollandist

[bol-uhn-dist]

noun

1. any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bollandist¹

1745–55; after Jean de Bolland; -ist

Example Sentences

This question is gone into fully; and the best authorities are quoted by the Bollandist.

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Among these we may mention the eminent Bollandist and historian, P�re de Smedt, S. J.; Professors Gilbert and de Harlez, of the University of Louvain; Kurth, of Li�ge; de Lapporent and Duchesne, of Paris, de Margerie, of Lille; Valson, of Lyons; Duilh� de St. Projet, of Toulouse; de Nadaillac, de Beaucourt, de l'Epinois, Paul Allard, and many other names illustrious in science, history, literature, and other departments of learning.

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Take for instance the twenty-five thousand Lives of the Saints in the great Bollandist collection.

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Theophilus Rainaldo and the Bollandist fathers, as well as other Roman Catholic authors, tell us a gallant story of Pope St. Leo I., called the Great, which, if it were true, might show the origin of the practice.

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The legend of the second of these saints is given in the Bollandist Acta SS.

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