Godfrey Henschen

Godfrey Henschen

SJ
Gottfried Henschen, S.J. (engraving by Philibert Bouttats, 1680)
ChurchCatholic Church
Orders
Ordination16 April 1634
Personal details
Born21 June 1601
Venray, Limburg
Died11 September 1681(1681-09-11) (aged 80)
Antwerp, Belgium
OccupationHagiographer

Godfrey Henschen SJ (also Henskens or Godefridus Henschenius in Latin), (21 June 1601 – 11 September 1681), was a Jesuit hagiographer, one of the first Bollandists, from the Spanish Netherlands.

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