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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-071-#01
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1950-05-29, HLS to Merton, 'Merci de tant coeur pour les deux exemplaires de votre beau livre sur sainte'
Date(s)
- 1950 May 29 (Creation)
Extent
2 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.
Name of creator
(1912-2006)
Biographical history
Dom Colomban Bissey served as Abbot of Melleray in France, the mother house of the Abbey of Gethsemani, from 1958-1986. He conducted visitations to Gethsemani as he was Gethsemani's Father Immediate.
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First lines: "Merci de tant coeur pour les deux exemplaires de votre beau livre sur sainte Lutgarde. Je le lirai"...
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- French
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Senders and recipients—
to Thomas Merton from: Bissey, Colomban, Dom, O.C.S.O.