when any were compiled. If the compilers are found afterwards
to have been mistaken, it is nowhere forbid to correct them.[1] This has
been often done by the order of several popes."

Footnotes:
1. Nimia profecto almplicitate peccant qui scandalizantur quoties
audiunt aliquid ex jam olim creditia et juxta breviarii prescriptum
hodiedum recitandis, in disputationem adduci.--_Diss. Ballandic{e}._
vol. 2, p. 140.

IX. 7. Among the _modern collections of the Lives of Saints_, of which
our authors availed himself, in the work we are speaking of, the
histories which different religious have written of their own orders,
hold a distinguished place. But he was indebted to no work so much as
the _Acta sanctorum of the Bollandists_. That noble collection was first
projected by Father Roswede of the society of Jesus. He died before he
had completely digested his plan. Fortunately for the lovers either of
sacred history or sacred literature, it mm taken up by father Bollandus
of the same society, and has been carried down to the eleventh day of
October inclusive. Those who, after Bollandus's decease, succeeded him
in his undertaking, were from him called Bollandists.

As far as the editor has been able to learn, the work was composed by
the following authors, and published in the number of volumes and years
following:

No. of Vols. Years of their
Months. all in folio. appearance. Authors.
January Two, 1643 ........... Bollandus and Henschenius
February Three, 1658 ........... Bollandus and Henschenius
March Three, 1668 ........... Henschenius and
Papebrochius
April Three, 1675 ........... Henschenius and
Papebrochius
May Seven, 1680-1688....... Henschenius, Papebrochius,
Baertius, and Janningus

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June Six, 1695--1715...... Henschenius, Papebrochius,
Baertius, Janningus,
and Sollerius
July Seven, 1719--1731...... Janningus, Sollerius,
Pinius, Cuperius, and
Boschinus.
August Six, 1733--1743...... Sollerius, Pinius,