Saints & Hagiography
Agiografia · 24 articles · Principal contributors · All subjectsHagiographers (Agiografi)
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Baillet, Adrien
BAILLET, ADRIEN. - French historian and hagiographer, b. at Neuville-en-Hez near Beauvais, on 13 June 1649, d. on 21 Jan. 1706 in Paris. He… -
Bartolomeo di Trento
BARTOLOMEO di TRENTO. - Dominican, hagiographer of the 13th century, b. at Trent, d. ca. 1251. In 1233 he assisted at the first translation… -
Boero, Giuseppe
BOERO, GIUSEPPE. - Jesuit hagiographer and historian, b. at Ventimiglia on 15 Aug. 1814, d. at Rome on 8 Feb. 1884. After his theological… -
Bollandists (BOLLANDISTI)
BOLLANDISTS. - A scholarly society made up of a small group of Belgian Jesuit fathers, which has devoted itself for three centuries to the… -
Bolland, Jean
BOLLAND, JEAN. - Belgian Jesuit, known for founding the work that took his name (v. BOLLANDISTS), b. 13 Aug. 1596 at Julemont in the duchy… -
Buck, Victor de
BUCK, Victor de. - Jesuit, b. at Oudenaarde (Belgium) on 24 April 1817, d. at Brussels on 23 May 1876; he entered the Society of Jesus in… -
Butler, Alban
BUTLER, ALBAN. - English hagiographer, b. at Appletree in the county of Northampton on 24 Oct. 1710, d. at St-Omer (France) on 15 May 1773.… -
Calò, Pietro
CALÒ, PIETRO. - Dominican, hagiographer, b. at Chioggia, d. perhaps at Cividale del Friuli on 11 Dec. 1348. In 1307 he was assigned as… -
Constantine Acropolita (COSTANTINO ACROPOLITA)
CONSTANTINE ACROPOLITA. - Greek writer, who lived at the end of the 13th century and the beginning of the 14th. Like his father George, he… -
Delehaye, Hippolyte
DELEHAYE, HIPPOLYTE. - Jesuit and Bollandist, distinguished renewer of the science of hagiography, b. at Antwerp (Belgium) on 19 Aug. 1859,… -
De Smedt, Charles
DE SMEDT, CHARLES. - Belgian Jesuit and historian, b. at Ghent on 6 April 1833, entered the novitiate in 1851, priest in 1863. Professor of… -
Du Sollier, Jean-Baptiste
DU SOLLIER, JEAN-BAPTISTE. - Bollandist hagiographer, b. at Herseaux (Flanders) on 28 Feb. 1669, d. at Antwerp on 27 June 1740. He entered… -
Fiorentini, Francesco Maria
FIORENTINI, FRANCESCO MARIA. - Physician from Lucca, d. 1673. Passionate about historical studies, he produced an edition of the… -
Gielemans, Johannes
GIELEMANS, JOHANNES. - Born in 1427, he entered the priory of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine of Rubea Valle (Rooklooster) near… -
Guérin, Paul
GUÉRIN, PAUL. - French hagiographer and theologian of the 19th century, b. at Buzançais in 1830, d. at Châteauroux on 23 June 1908. He… -
Henschen (Henschenius), Godefrid (HENSCKENS (HENSCHENIUS), GODEFROID)
HENSCHEN (Henschenius), Godefrid. - Jesuit hagiographer, Bollandist, b. at Venray (Limburg) on 21 Jan. 1601, d. at Antwerp on 12 Sept.… -
Holweck, Friedrich Georg
HOLWECK, FRIEDRICH GEORG. - Prelate, hagiographer and liturgist, b. at Weisloch in Baden, 29 Dec. 1856, d. at St. Louis, 15 Feb. 1927. He… -
Janninck, Konrad
JANNINCK, KONRAD. - Jesuit, Bollandist, b. at Groningen on 16 Nov. 1650, d. at Antwerp on 13 Aug. 1723. Given for some time as an assistant… -
Martin, Simon
MARTIN, SIMON. - Mystical theologian, hagiographer of the Minims, b. in Paris in 1595, d. there on 19 Dec. 1653. He entered the Order of… -
Obadiah (Pseudo) (ABDIA (PSEUDO))
OBADIAH (PSEUDO). - First (imaginary) bishop of Babylon, elected by the apostles Simon and Jude. Toward the middle of the 16th century the… -
Peeters, Paul
PEETERS, PAUL. - Jesuit, hagiographer and orientalist, of the College of the Bollandists, b. at Tournai on 20 Sept. 1870, d. at Brussels on… -
Poncelet, Albert
PONCELET, ALBERT. - Jesuit, hagiographer, b. at Liège on 30 Aug. 1861, d. at Montpellier on 19 Jan. 1912. Having entered the Order in 1878,… -
Rosweyde, Heribertus (ROSWEY (ROSWEYDE), HERIBERTUS)
ROSWEYDE, HERIBERTUS. - Jesuit, hagiographer, b. at Utrecht on 20 Jan. 1564, d. at Amsterdam on 4 Oct. 1629. Having entered the Order in… -
Ruinart, Thierry
RUINART, THIERRY. - Maurist Benedictine, hagiographer and editor of patristic works, b. at Reims on 11 June 1657, d. in the abbey of…