Acta Sanctorum (The great collection of biographies and legends of the saints

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• Bollandist — /bol euhn dist/, n. any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum. [1745 55; after Jean de BOLLAND; see IST] * * * ▪ Belgian Jesuit group       member of a small group of Belgian Jesuits who edit and publish the Acta Sanctorum, the great collection of …   Universalium

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