Bollandist
[ bol-uh n-dist ]
/ ˈbɒl ən dɪst /
noun
any of the editors of the Acta Sanctorum.
Example sentences from the Web for bollandist
This question is gone into fully; and the best authorities are quoted by the Bollandist.
The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 |E. RameurTake for instance the twenty-five thousand Lives of the Saints in the great Bollandist collection.
Psychical Miscellanea |J. Arthur HillIf the enormous undertaking of the Bollandist editors had been completed, it would have contained the histories of 25,000 saints.
Short Studies on Great Subjects |James Anthony FroudeBut there is some mistake, as the Bollandist fathers have pointed out.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March |Sabine Baring-Gould