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US US-kylobm TMC-1b-B-084-#17
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1963-11-10, HLS to Merton, 'I salute you from Caldey Abbey, this fascinating island monastery, which I did not'
Date(s)
- 1963 November 1 (Creation)
Extent
2 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.
Name of creator
(1901-1990)
Biographical history
Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Serge Bolshakoff received a doctorate in philosophy from Christ Church, Oxford. In his travels to churches and monasteries in promotion of Christian unity, he became acquainted with such notables as Pope John XXIII, Patriarch Athenagoras, Archbishop Temple of Canterbury, as well as the Abbot General of the Cistercians, Dom Gabriel Sortais (see "Sortais, Gabriel" and "Fox, James" files).
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First lines: "I salute you from Caldey Abbey, this fascinating island monastery, which I did not visit since 1951."...
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Languages of the material
- English