Acta Sanctorum

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Acta Sanctorum is a monumental multi-volume collection of scholarly-edited hagiographies of Christian saints, compiled by the Jesuit Bollandists from the 17th century onward.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic reference work
hagiographical collection
multi-volume book series
scholarly work
arrangementPrinciple liturgical calendar
saints feast days
associatedWith Jesuits NERFINISHED
Society of Jesus NERFINISHED
compiler Bollandists NERFINISHED
contains critical apparatus
documentary sources
scholarly commentary
discipline church history
hagiography studies
editor Bollandists NERFINISHED
genre religious literature
scholarly reference
geographicalCoverage Eastern Christianity NERFINISHED
Western Christianity NERFINISHED
hasDigitalEdition yes
hasFormat folio volumes
hasLatinTitle Acta Sanctorum NERFINISHED
hasTitle Acta Sanctorum NERFINISHED
influenced historical study of saints
modern critical hagiography
language Latin
methodology critical historical method
notableContributor Daniel Papebroch NERFINISHED
Godefroid Henschen NERFINISHED
Jean Bolland NERFINISHED
placeOfPublication Antwerp NERFINISHED
Brussels NERFINISHED
publicationBegan 1643
publisher Société des Bollandistes NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
scope lives of Christian saints
miracles of saints
passions of martyrs
startDate 17th century
subject Christian saints
hagiography
timeCoverage Middle Ages NERFINISHED
early Christianity
usedBy historians
liturgists
philologists
theologians

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