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Jan Roothaan
1785Nov, 23

Jan Roothaan

Jan Roothaan, Dutch priest, 21st Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1853)
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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