Bollandist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Bollandist
Example Sentences
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The society's leader is Father Maurice Coens, 70, a soft-spoken expert on medieval German saints and a Bollandist for 35 years.
From Time Magazine Archive
"If all goes well," says one veteran Bollandist, "it will take at least ten years."
From Time Magazine Archive
Bollandist research has no official standing in the church, but Vatican scholars have often relied on the society's discoveries in deciding whether to eliminate a nonexistent saint from the calendar.
From Time Magazine Archive
Papebrach, the Bollandist, on the other hand, considered the Life could not be older than the twelfth century, but this opinion of his seems to have been based on a misapprehension.
From Life of St. Declan of Ardmore and Life of St. Mochuda of Lismore by Anonymous
It is the occurrence of such names that makes Moreri speak of the Bollandist selection as rather loose, since it contains "vies des saintes bonnes, médiocres, mauvaises, vrayes, douteuses, et fausses."
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill
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