MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Le Pennuen, Louis de Gonzague, Dom, O.C.S.O.
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1951-1955
Volume: 4 item(s); 4 pg(s)
Scope and Content
This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Le Pennuen, Louis de Gonzague, Dom, O.C.S.O.".
Biography
Dom Louis de Gonzague Le Pennuen was a Trappist monk who became Abbot of Our Lady of Melleray in France from 1949-1958. Melleray is the motherhouse of Gethsemani Abbey, so the abbot of this monastery was important in decisions affecting Merton. Le Pennuen was replaced by Dom Colomban Bissey.
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Related Information and Links
See "Fox, James" file for letters between Dom Louis de Gonzague Le Pennuen and Dom James Fox of Gethsemani, and one letter from Marie Amédée to Le Pennuen.
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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.
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