# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-leclercq
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:01:59.042Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-leclercq"
name: "Jean Leclercq"
slug: "jean-leclercq"
description: "Jean Leclercq OSB, was a French Benedictine monk, the author of classic studies on Lectio Divina and the history of inter-monastic dialogue, as well as the life and theology of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. LeClercq is perhaps best known in the English speaking world for his seminal work The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Culture."
tagline: "French Benedictine monk (1911-1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dom_Jean_Leclercq.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1911-01-31"
deathDate: "1993-10-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.813644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "جان لوكليرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean Leclerq"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Leclercq_(Theologe)"
    title: "Jean Leclercq (Theologe)"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Leclercq_(monk)"
    title: "Jean Leclercq (monk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Leclercq_(b%C3%A9n%C3%A9dictin)"
    title: "Jean Leclercq (bénédictin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Leclercq"
    title: "Jean Leclercq"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Leclerq"
    title: "Jean Leclerq"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3173136"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump