Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Klinski, Vital, Dom, O.C.S.O.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Klinski, Vital, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1886-1966
Other form(s) of name
- Dom Vital Klinski
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1886-1966
History
Dom Vital Klinski was born in Poland. In 1904, he entered the Cistercian Abbey of Achel in Belgium and was elected their abbot in 1920. By 1927, he left for the United States to join Gethsemani. He was Merton's confessor at the time of correspondence. (Source: «The School of Charity», p. 10.)