Jean Bolland

The Reverend Jean Bolland SJ
1667 portrait of Bolland by Richard Collin after an illustration by Philip Fruytiers
Born	18 August 1596  Herve, Spanish Netherlands
Died	12 September 1665  (aged 69) Antwerp, Spanish Netherlands
Occupation	Historian, hagiographer, writer, priest, theologian

Jean Bolland, SJ (Latin: Johannes Bollandus) (13 August 1596 – 12 September 1665) was a Flemish Jesuit priest, theologian, and prominent hagiographer.^[1]

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.