Jean Bolland (
Latin:
Johannes Bollandus) (
18 August 1596–
12 September 1665) was a
Jesuit and
hagiographer. Bolland compiled five volumes of the Lives of the Saints called
Acta Sanctorum, which was continued by others, called after him
Bollandists. Born in
Julémont, near
Liège in 1596, Bolland died in
Antwerp aged 69 in 1665.