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Henschen was born at [[Venray]], [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], in the [[Low countries]]. He was the son of Henry Henschen, a cloth merchant, and Sibylla Pauwels. He studied the humanities at the [[Jesuit college]] of Bois-le-Duc (today the town of [['s-Hertogenbosch]]) and entered the [[novitiate]] of the [[Society of Jesus]] at [[Mechlin]] on 22 October 1619. He taught successively Greek, poetry and rhetoric at [[Bergues]], [[Bailleul, Nord|Bailleul]], [[Ypres]], and [[Ghent]]. He was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] a [[priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]] on 16 April 1634, sent to the [[professed house]] at [[Antwerp]] the following year, and admitted to the profession of the four Jesuit [[Religious vows|vows]] on 12 May 1636. |
Henschen was born at [[Venray]], [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], in the [[Low countries]]. He was the son of Henry Henschen, a cloth merchant, and Sibylla Pauwels. He studied the humanities at the [[Jesuit college]] of Bois-le-Duc (today the town of [['s-Hertogenbosch]]) and entered the [[novitiate]] of the [[Society of Jesus]] at [[Mechlin]] on 22 October 1619. He taught successively Greek, poetry and rhetoric at [[Bergues]], [[Bailleul, Nord|Bailleul]], [[Ypres]], and [[Ghent]]. He was [[Holy Orders|ordained]] a [[priesthood (Catholic Church)|priest]] on 16 April 1634, sent to the [[professed house]] at [[Antwerp]] the following year, and admitted to the profession of the four Jesuit [[Religious vows|vows]] on 12 May 1636. |
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From the time of his arrival in the city he was associated as collaborator with his fellow Jesuit, [[Jean Bolland]], who was then preparing the first volumes of the ''[[Acta Sanctorum]]''. It was Henschen who, by his commentary on the ''Acts of St. Amand'', suggested to Bolland the course to follow, and gave to the work undertaken by his mentor its definitive form. |
From the time of his arrival in the city he was associated as collaborator with his fellow Jesuit, [[Jean Bolland]], who was then preparing the first volumes of the ''[[Acta Sanctorum]]''. Bolland had asked for an assistant, a request supported by the abbot of [[Liessies Abbey]], Antoine de Wynghe. In 1635 [[Godfrey Henschen]] was assigned to start work on the February saints, while Bolland gave himself to the preparing the material for January. It was Henschen who, by his commentary on the ''Acts of St. Amand'', suggested to Bolland the course to follow, and gave to the work undertaken by his mentor its definitive form. After fourteen years of work, the two volumes for January were printed in Antwerp in 1643. The three volumes for February were released in 1658.<ref name=Belgium>[http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.jesuites.be/Jean-Bolland-fondateur-des.html&prev=search "Jean Bolland, founder of the Bollandists", The Jesuits of the Province of Southern Belgium and Luxembourg]</ref> |
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At Bolland's direction, Henschen journeyed in company with [[Daniel van Papenbroek]], to Italy, France, and Germany (22 July 1660 – 21 December 1662) to collect ancient documents for their studies. Upon their return, they learned that Bolland had died, at which point he and Papenbroek began to lead the project. He was the first librarian of the ''Museum Bollandianum'' at Antwerp. |
At Bolland's direction, Henschen journeyed in company with [[Daniel van Papenbroek]], to Italy, France, and Germany (22 July 1660 – 21 December 1662) to collect ancient documents for their studies. Upon their return, they learned that Bolland had died, at which point he and Papenbroek began to lead the project. He was the first librarian of the ''Museum Bollandianum'' at Antwerp. |
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Henschen continued to work on the ''Acta Sanctorum'' up to the time of his death at Antwerp, aged 80, in 1681. |
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Godfrey Henschen,[1] (21 June 1601 – 11 September 1681) was a Belgian Jesuit hagiographer, one of the first Bollandists.[2]
Henschen was born at Venray, Limburg, in the Low countries. He was the son of Henry Henschen, a cloth merchant, and Sibylla Pauwels. He studied the humanities at the Jesuit college of Bois-le-Duc (today the town of 's-Hertogenbosch) and entered the novitiate of the Society of Jesus at Mechlin on 22 October 1619. He taught successively Greek, poetry and rhetoric at Bergues, Bailleul, Ypres, and Ghent. He was ordained a priest on 16 April 1634, sent to the professed house at Antwerp the following year, and admitted to the profession of the four Jesuit vows on 12 May 1636.
From the time of his arrival in the city he was associated as collaborator with his fellow Jesuit, Jean Bolland, who was then preparing the first volumes of the Acta Sanctorum. Bolland had asked for an assistant, a request supported by the abbot of Liessies Abbey, Antoine de Wynghe. In 1635 Godfrey Henschen was assigned to start work on the February saints, while Bolland gave himself to the preparing the material for January. It was Henschen who, by his commentary on the Acts of St. Amand, suggested to Bolland the course to follow, and gave to the work undertaken by his mentor its definitive form. After fourteen years of work, the two volumes for January were printed in Antwerp in 1643. The three volumes for February were released in 1658.[3]
At Bolland's direction, Henschen journeyed in company with Daniel van Papenbroek, to Italy, France, and Germany (22 July 1660 – 21 December 1662) to collect ancient documents for their studies. Upon their return, they learned that Bolland had died, at which point he and Papenbroek began to lead the project. He was the first librarian of the Museum Bollandianum at Antwerp.
Henschen continued to work on the Acta Sanctorum up to the time of his death at Antwerp, aged 80, in 1681.
Works
Henschen collaborated on the volumes for January, February, March, and April, and on the first six volumes for May, that is on seventeen volumes of the Acta Sanctorum. Several of his posthumous commentaries appeared in the succeeding volumes. A list of some other works from his pen will be found in Augustin de Backer's Bibliothèque des escrivains de la Compagnie de Jésus.
References
- ^ Henskens, Henschenius.
- ^ eHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ "Jean Bolland, founder of the Bollandists", The Jesuits of the Province of Southern Belgium and Luxembourg
Sources
- Daniel van Papenbroek, De vitâ, operibus, et virtutibus God. Henschenii in Acta Sanctorum, VII, May
- Joannes Joseph Habets, Godfried Henschenius medestichter der Acta Sanctorum (Maastricht, 1868).
- Delehaye, Hippolyte. The work of the Bollandists through three centuries (1615-1915), Brussels, Society of Bollandists, 1959
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Godfrey Henschen". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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