**BROM, Giesbert**. - Dutch priest and historian, b. at Utrecht on 3 Feb. 1864, d. at Rome on 6 Feb. 1915. He studied in Rome and frequented the Vatican Archives, and this personal experience revealed to him the importance of papal documents, particularly for the history of the Church in Holland and for that of his country in general. He was the first director of the Dutch Historical Institute in Rome, founded in 1904.
Bronzino, Angelo - Sacred Family - Florence, Pitti Gallery.
Among his works are a bullarium of the diocese of Utrecht (*Bullarium trajectense. Romanorum pontificum diplomata quotquot olim noque ad Urbanum papam VI [an. 1378] in veterem episcopatum trajectensem destinata reperiuntur...* [The Hague 1891-96]); a regesta of documents concerning the same diocese (*Regesten van oorkonden betreffende het sticht Utrecht [694-1301]*, Utrecht 1908); catalogues of sources for Dutch history preserved in Italian archives (*Archivalia in Italic belangrijk voor de geschiedenis van Nederland*, 4 vols., The Hague 1908-14; *Romeinsche bronnen voor den kerkelijk-staathundigen toestand der Nederlanden in de 16e eeuw*, ibid. 1922, published posthumously in collaboration with Mons. Hensen).