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Jean Bolland was a Flemish scholar who undertook an accurate historical investigation and presentation of the lives of the saints, an area which at that time was full of legend, myth and edifying stories. He and the scholars who worked with him and after him, who came to be known as the Bollandists, followed the Church calendar and had worked their way down to mid-October by the time of the Suppression. They published their findings in the 53 volumes of the first series. The work resumed after the Restoration of the Society with ever increasing accuracy of method, and continues still. More.