Georg Garnefelt et lesFasti Sanctorumd'Héribert Rosweyde

Abstract

In a memoir to Rosweyde, following the publication of his Fasti sanctorum (1607), the Cologne Carthusian Georg Garnefelt suggests to focus first and foremost on the Feasts of Our Lord, of the Virgin Mary, and of St Anne, and more broadly on the temporal cycle of the liturgical year. He also encourages the forerunner of the Bollandist Society to give a summary overview of the essential data regarding the existence of each and every saint. The tone of Garnefelt's memoir is decidedly apologetic and very hostile towards the Protestants. This is all the more unfortunate, given that a more serene approach of the matter could not but have helped to bring them back to the unity of the faith.