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Merton's Correspondence with:

Dom Vital Klinski

Klinski, Vital, Dom, O.C.S.O., 1886-1966  printer

 
 

Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1945
Volume: 1 item(s); 1 pg(s)

Scope and Content

This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Klinski, Vital, Dom, O.C.S.O.".

Biography

Dom Vital Klinski was born in Poland. In 1904, he entered the Cistercian Abbey of Achel in Belgium and was elected their abbot in 1920. By 1927, he left for the United States to join Gethsemani. He was Merton's confessor at the time of correspondence. (Source: The School of Charity, p. 10.)

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Related Information and Links

See also one published letter from Merton to Klinski in The School of Charity, pp. 10-11.

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1. 1945/08/22 HNS to Merton I only attempted to draw the mitre not the jubilarian underneath and in it. On such an occasion [listed as 1945/08/29 in published correspondence - 1945/08/22 based on postmark] «detailed view»

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