Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Van Gassel, Emmanuel, Dom, O.C.S.O.
Other form(s) of name
- Dom Emmanuel Van Gassel, Emmanuel Van, Abbot of Achel (Belgium)
- Abbot Emmanuel Van Gassel
Description area
History
Merton writes to Dom Emmanuel Van Gassel, Abbot of St. Benedictus-Abdij, a Cistercian monastery in Achel, Belgium. He was superior of the abbey from 1965-1989.