Daniel Papebroch

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Daniel Papebroch[1] (1628-1714) 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[2], he

“ ... by dint of hard work established the laws of historical criticism, the methodology of the study of sources and of the historical auxiliary sciences. ”

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  1. ^ Daniel van Papenbroeck, Papebrock, Papebrochius.
  2. ^ The Intellectual History of Europe (1966 English translation), p. 271.

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