About Paul Grosjean
Lived 1900 – 1964 (aged 64). Paul Grosjean was a Belgian celticist, catholic priest, lay brother and society of Bollandists.
Born in Uccle, Grosjean studied at St Michael College, Brussels before becoming a Jesuit novice in 1917. He was selected by Hippolyte Delehaye to become a Bollandist, studied at the University of Oxford, returned to Belgium for his military service, then studied in Dublin. Ordained a priest in 1932, he returned to St Michael College, where he spent the remainder of his career, preparing a number of biographies of Celtic saints. He mastered Celtic and Latin, in addition to several modern languages.
He was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 1950.
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Who was Paul Grosjean?
Belgian priest and scholar
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Paul Grosjean was born on 26 May 1900 in Uccle.
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Paul Grosjean died on 13 June 1964 in Brussels.
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Paul Grosjean was a celticist, catholic priest, lay brother and society of Bollandists.
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Paul Grosjean was Belgian.
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