Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Patterson, Bernardin J., Prior, O.S.B.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Patterson, Bernardin J., Prior, O.S.B., 1923-2001
Other form(s) of name
- Prior Bernardin J. Patterson
- Prior Bernardin Patterson
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1923-2001
History
Prior Bernardin Patterson was a Benedictine monk of St. Maur's Priory in South Union, Kentucky. The monastery was unique in the United States as having been established as a racially integrated community when it was founded in 1947 on the grounds of a Shaker village. At the time of writing, he was working on a book entitled, «Religion on Trial».