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Jean Leclercq

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French Benedictine monk (1911-1993)

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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.

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1976Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America

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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.

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Lived 1911 to 1993 · aged 82
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