Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Niswonger, Ilse F., Obl.S.B.
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Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Ilse F. Niswonger
- Ilse Niswonger
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
Ilse F. Niswonger was an Oblate of St. Benedict at Regina Laudis Abbey in Bethlehem, Connecticut. She was an artist and offered her services for a statue of the Virgin Mary. This is likely the job that Merton eventually commissioned Jaime Andrade to sculpt.