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Jan Roothaan
1853May, 8

Jan Roothaan

Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1785)
Jan Philipp Roothaan (23 November 1785 – 8 May 1853) was a Dutch Jesuit, elected twenty-first Superior-General of the Society of Jesus.

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  • 19Jan

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