Hippolyte Delehaye
Hippolyte Delehaye was a Belgian Jesuit and a hagiographical scholar, as well as a member of the Society of Bollandists. He became president of the society in 1912. His research was focused on gathering and evaluating historical documentary sources regarding the life and cult of Christian Saints. He was an editor of the Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca in 1895 and of the journal Analecta Bollandiana. He published four books including Les Légendes hagiographiques and Les Origines de culte des...See more
Hippolyte Delehaye was a Belgian Jesuit and a hagiographical scholar, as well as a member of the Society of Bollandists. He became president of the society in 1912. His research was focused on gathering and evaluating historical documentary sources regarding the life and cult of Christian Saints. He was an editor of the Bibliotheca Hagiographica Graeca in 1895 and of the journal Analecta Bollandiana. He published four books including Les Légendes hagiographiques and Les Origines de culte des martyrs . See less
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The Work of the Bollandists: Through Three Centuries 1615-1915
Saints Alive! The "Acta Sanctorum" Then and Now
by sgrt, Dec 9, 2007
The year 2007 marks the four hundredth anniversary of the publication, by Heribert Rosweyde, S.J., of the ?Fasti Sanctorum?, the precursor to centuries of research into the lives of the saints ... Read More
