Bollandists, a society of Jesuits at Antwerp, so called as the continuators of the Acta Sanctorum after the death of Bolland. From 1665 to 1782, twenty-two editors in succession were engaged, and published one hundred and seventy-three volumes. These were all Jesuits; and after the suppression of that order, canons regular, Benedictines, and others devoted themselves to the continuation of this work. The renewal of it was undertaken in 1838 by several Jesuits at Brussels. Some idea of the vast extent of this work, still in progress, may be gathered from the fact that the lives of more than two thousand saints remain to complete the year, and more than fifty additional volumes in folio must be published before the completion of the work. SEE ACTA SANCTORUM.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More