Acta Sanctorum is a full text database containing the texts of 68 volumes of the Acta Sanctorum, a series of critical editions of hagiographies, published by Société des Bollandistes between 1643 and 1940. You also have the possibility to search the church writings in the Patrologia Latina at the same time.

Access

You have full access to Acta Sanctorum within the UGent network.

Search operators

Advanced Search allows you to search by keyword (Greek or otherwise), title, saint, holiday, gender, document type, ... . You also have the choice between 'Search all of Acta Sanctorum' or a search only in the 'Indices' (e.g. index topographicus).

Alerts and saving queries

Within a search session, you can save searches in your (free) My Research Account, and also combine them if you wish. Before you close your search, you can have a personal Marked list emailed to yourself.