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Jean Bolland

1596 - 1665

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Jean Bolland, SJ (Latin: Johannes Bollandus) (13 August 1596 – 12 September 1665) was a Flemish Jesuit priest, theologian, and prominent hagiographer. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Bolland is the 2,243rd most popular writer (down from 2,135th in 2019), the 314th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 298th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among writers, Jean Bolland ranks 2,243 out of 7,302. Before him are Clive Barker, Wanda Wasilewska, Meleager of Gadara, Quadratus of Athens, Aspazija, and Allen Carr. After him are William Caxton, Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Ludovic Halévy, Ana María Matute, Karlheinz Deschner, and Uri Avnery.

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Among people born in 1596, Jean Bolland ranks 19. Before him are Constantijn Huygens, Johan Banér, Joan Blaeu, Jacob van Campen, Andreas Cellarius, and Leonaert Bramer. After him are Thomas de Keyser, Ebba Brahe, Heinrich Scheidemann, John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Abraham van Diepenbeeck, and Bertuccio Valier. Among people deceased in 1665, Jean Bolland ranks 14. Before him are Charles II, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, Pieter Jansz. Saenredam, Andreas Cellarius, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, and Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria. After him are Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, Christian Louis, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Lorenzo Lippi, and Maria Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jean Bolland ranks 314 out of 1,190. Before him are Claude Piron (1931), John I, Count of Hainaut (1218), Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau (1727), Désiré-Joseph Mercier (1851), Joachim Beuckelaer (1533), and Michiel Coxie (1499). After him are Gaspar de Crayer (1584), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Romelu Lukaku (1993), Joanna, Duchess of Brabant (1322), Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (1785), and Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (967).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Jean Bolland ranks 19. Before him are Hugo Claus (1929), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Hendrik Conscience (1812), Guido Gezelle (1830), and William of Moerbeke (1215). After him are Michel de Ghelderode (1898), Amélie Nothomb (1967), Heinrich von Veldeke (1150), Jean Ray (1887), Caspar Barlaeus (1584), and Daniël Heinsius (1580).

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