Daniel Papebroch
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Daniel Papebroch was a Belgian Jesuit hagiographer, one of the Bollandists. He was a leading revisionist figure, bringing historical criticism to bear on traditions of saints of the Catholic Church. According to Friedrich Heer
, he
He prefixed a Propylaeum antiquarium, an attempt to formulate rules for the discernment of spurious from genuine documents, to the second volume (1675) of the Acta Sanctorum
. He instanced in it as spurious some charters in the Abbey of St-Denis. Jean Mabillon
was appointed to draw up a defence of these documents, and was provoked into another statement of the principles of documentary criticism, his De re diplomatica (1681).
When he was 34 years old, Bolland sent him to Italy to collect documents, but by the time he returned Bolland had died and Paperbroch with Godfrey Henschen
continued the work in the tradition of the Bollandists.
Another controversy was with Jean-Antoine d'Aubermont
.
Friedrich Heer
Friedrich Heer was a historian born in Vienna. He received a PhD at the University in Vienna in 1938. Even as a student he came into conflict with pan-German thinking historians as a staunch opponent of National Socialism....
, he
He prefixed a Propylaeum antiquarium, an attempt to formulate rules for the discernment of spurious from genuine documents, to the second volume (1675) of the Acta Sanctorum
Acta Sanctorum
Acta Sanctorum is an encyclopedic text in 68 folio volumes of documents examining the lives of Christian saints, in essence a critical hagiography, which is organised according to each saint's feast day. It begins with two January volumes, published in 1643, and ended with the Propylaeum to...
. He instanced in it as spurious some charters in the Abbey of St-Denis. Jean Mabillon
Jean Mabillon
Jean Mabillon was a French Benedictine monk and scholar, considered the founder of palaeography and diplomatics.-Early career:...
was appointed to draw up a defence of these documents, and was provoked into another statement of the principles of documentary criticism, his De re diplomatica (1681).
When he was 34 years old, Bolland sent him to Italy to collect documents, but by the time he returned Bolland had died and Paperbroch with Godfrey Henschen
Godfrey Henschen
Godfrey Henschen was a Dutch Jesuit hagiographer, one of the first Bollandists.He was born at Venray, Limburg, the son of Henry Henschen, a cloth merchant, and Sibylla Pauwels, he studied the humanities at the Jesuit College of Bois-le-Duc and entered the novitiate at Mechlin, 22 October 1619...
continued the work in the tradition of the Bollandists.
Another controversy was with Jean-Antoine d'Aubermont
Jean-Antoine d'Aubermont
Joannes Antonius d'Aubermont was a Dominican theologian of 's-Hertogenbosch. He joined the Dominicans in 1632 in Ghent, taught philosophy and theology in several convents of his order, was made doctor of theology at Leuven in 1652, and president of the local Dominican college in 1653.His...
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Sources
- Ian Bradley, Celtic Christianity, Edinburgh University Press, 1999 ISBN 0748610472 page 65
- Christopher Walter, 2003, The Warrior Saints in Byzantine Art and Tradition Ashgate Publishing, ISBN 184014694X page 110