Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Dodge, James, Fr. (pseud., Fr. Linus, O.C.S.O.)
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Fr. Linus Dodge
- Fr. James Dodge
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
History
According to a letter in this file from Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O. dated 2001, Fr. James Dodge (known as Frater Linus while with the Trappists) was a novice with Merton in 1941-1942. He later went to Mepkin Abbey in South Carolina after its founding in 1949. After staying at Mepkin a few years, he left to become a parish priest.