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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Giabbani, Anselmo, Dom, O.S.B. Cam., d. 2004

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1952-1956

Volume: 23 item(s); 37 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Merton writes to Dom Giabbani during the period he considered transferring his vows to the Camaldolese.

Biography

Dom Anselmo Giabbani was Prior General of the Camaldolese and writes from Italy. He served as Camaldolese Prior General from 1951-1963. He died in 2004 at the age of 96.

Usage Guidelines and Restrictions

Related Information and Links

See all extant letters between Merton and Giabbani translated into English in Thomas Merton and the Noonday Demon: the Camaldoli Correspondence. See also the book Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990 by Emanuela Ghini, which contains an appendix with letters (translated into Italian) between Merton and Giabbani, and between Giabbani and Archbishop Montini (later Pope Pius VI) regarding Merton. All published letters are found in the file, which contains originals from Giabbani, carbons of Merton's to Giabbani and copies of Merton's letters to Giabbani (originals with the Camaldolese).

Other Finding Aids

If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
   

Series List

This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.

Container List

SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1952/12/25 HLS[x]from MertonJe lui écris cette fois en français,Yes [dated "Noël 1952" / published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini (and translated into Italian) - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1953/05/04 TLS[x]from MertonIt was a pleasure for me to receive your letter just after Easter, reminding me of my promiseYes [published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini (and translated into Italian) - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1953/11/06 TALS[x]from MertonJe suis tout confus quand je considère le temps qui a passé depuis que j'ai reçu vos belles photosYes [published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini (and translated into Italian) - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1954/01/21 (#01)TLSto Mertonle accludo le notizie richieste su le nostre case, nella speranza di vedere, quando lei crederàYes  
 1954/01/21 (#02)otherto MertonGli eremiti di Montecorona Quando nel 1510 venne al S.Eremo di Camaldoli Paolo Giustiniani,  histories of various Camaldolese monasteries (typed with holograph corrections)
 1954/12/20 TALS[x]from MertonVous vous etes peut etres demandé si je vous ai oublié, et si j'ai renoncé a mon propos d'ecrireYes [published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini (and translated into Italian) - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1955/01/10 TLS[x]from MertonJe viens de terminer le texte dont je vous ai parlé. En effet, j'ai ajouté a notre petit livre surYes [published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini (and translated into Italian) - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1955/01/24 TALSto Mertonho letto con piacere le sue due lettere e resto in attesa del suo articolo su Camaldoli.Yes [published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1955/02/09 TALS[x]from MertonJe vous envoie sous pli separé, et par "surface mail", le texte integral du petit livre "SilenceYes [published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini (and translated into Italian) - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1955/03/13 (#01)TLSto MertonUniversis et singulis has litteras perlegentibus fidem facimus atque testamur nos dono dedisse  certification of the authenticity of the relics of St. Romuald and St. Peter Damian - forwarded to Merton, originally sent by Albertino Bertozzi, Vicar, Archcenobium of Fontebona, to Giabbani
 1955/03/13 (#02)transcriptto MertonTo all and singular who carefully read this letter, we give assurance and we testify that by this  translation with footnotes (from 2010) - certification of the authenticity of the relics of St. Romuald and St. Peter Damian - forwarded to Merton, originally sent by Albertino Bertozzi, Vicar, Archcenobium of Fontebona, to Giabbani
 1955/04/10 TLSto Mertonin questi giorni passati ho pregato per lei di più, come ringraziamento per l'opuscolo manoscrittoYes [dated "S. Pasqua" (Easter) - published as 1955/04/02 in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1955/05/03 (#01)TALS[x]from MertonSt Romuald et Saint Pierre Damien sont la, non seulement pour me consoler mais pour se mettreYes [published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini (and translated into Italian) - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1955/05/03 (#02)TAL[c]from MertonSt Romuald et Saint Pierre Damien sont la, non seulement pour me consoler mais pour se mettreYes ["To Dom Giabbani" handwritten by Merton in pen]
 1955/05/03 (#03)transcriptfrom Steinke, Anselmnon conoscendo affatto gli usi del suo santo Ordine, non ho la più pallida idea del titolo con cuiYes [from Fr. Anselm Steinke, Prior of Gethsemani Abbey to Giabbani - published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini (here presented in Italian, original language unknown) - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1955/05/06 HLS[x]from MertonEst ce que vous avez envoyé des photos de Camaldoli à la Pierre que Vie pour l'edition françaiseYes [published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini (and translated into Italian) - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1955/05/10 TL[c]from MertonJe vous remercie de tout coeur de votre bonne lettre de Stapehill, et j'attends l'autre que vousYes  
 1955/05/17 TL[c]from MertonVoici encore une lettre. Pardonnez moi. Evidemment cette question m'interesse de bien pres.Yes  
 1955/05/28 (#01)TL[c]from MertonJe vous remercie de votre lettre qui m'assure que tout va bien avec la traduction etc.Yes [published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini (and translated into Italian) - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1955/05/28 (#02)TLS[x]from MertonJe vous remercie de votre lettre qui m'assure que tout va bien avec la traduction etc.Yes [published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini (and translated into Italian) - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1955/08/21 HLS[x]from Montini, Giovanniritengo doveroso informarla che P. Merton mi ha scrittoYes [from Giovanni Montini, Archbishop of Milan (later Pope Paul VI) to Anselmo Giabbani, regarding Merton and the Camaldoli - published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
 1956/03/24 (#01)TLS[x]from MertonJ'ai obtenu encore une fois la permission de vous ecrire un mot parce que Dom Claude me dit queYes [also second copy of letter unsigned]
 1956/03/24 (#02)TL[x]from MertonJ'ai obtenu encore une fois la permission de vous ecrire un mot parce que Dom Claude me dit queYes [published in Appendix I of the book <i>Oltre Ogni Limite: Nazarena monaca reclusa - 1945-1990</i> by Emanuela Ghini (and translated into Italian) - copy included at the end of sequence in file]
        

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