Acta Sanctorum (Acts of the Saints) is an encyclopedic text in 68 folio volumes of documents examining the lives of Christian saints, in essence a critical hagiography, organised by the saints' feast days. The project was conceived and begun by the Jesuit Heribert Rosweyde. After his death in 1629, the Jesuit scholar Jean Bolland ('Bollandus', 1596–1665) continued the work, which was gradually finished over the centuries by the Bollandists, who continue to edit and publish the Acta Sanctorum.[1]
Acta Sanctorum, January volume, published in 1643
The Bollandists oversaw the project, first in Antwerp and then in Brussels. The Acta Sanctorum began with two January volumes (for saints whose feast days were in January), published in 1643. From 1643 to 1794, 53 folio volumes of Acta Sanctorum were published, covering the saints from 1 January to 14 October. When the Jesuits were suppressed by the Habsburg governor of the Low Countries in 1788, the work continued at Tongerlo Abbey. After the creation of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Bollandists were permitted to reassemble, working from the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels. The main work ended with the Propylaeum to December published in 1940.
In addition to the extraordinary amount of biographical material, extensively researched, the Acta Sanctorum broke new ground in its use of historical criticism.[1]
^ abKnowles, M.D. (1958). "Presidential address: Great historical enterprises I. The Bollandists". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 5th ser. 8: 147–166. doi:10.2307/3678913. ISSN 0080-4401. JSTOR 3678913.
External linksedit
Acta Sanctorum at the Digital Library@Villanova University
Societé des Bollandistes website
previous website ()
Commercial Acta Sanctorum Database
Acta Sanctorum volumes online in PDF – at Roger Pearse
Copyable text of the books
List of links to scans of Acta Sanctorum volumes in the "Links Galore" spreadsheet
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