Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Schuurmans, Emmanuel, Dom, O.C.S.O.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Br. Emmanuel Schuurmans
- Abbot Emmanuel Schuurmans
- Dom Emmanuel Schuurmans
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
In 1958, Br. Emmanuel Schuurmans became Abbot of Maria Toevlucht (Mary's Refuge) in Zundert in the Netherlands. He brought about many reforms to his community and Merton discusses with him permission to live the eremitical life and other changes to the Trappist Order.