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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Levy-Duplatt, Maurizio, Dom, E.C.

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1953, 1955

Volume: 11 item(s); 19 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Biography

Born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1903, Dom Maurizio (born Jacques) Levy-Duplatt was first a member of the Benedictine monastery of Clervaux in Luxembourg before transferring to the Camaldolese hermits in Frascati, Italy at Sacro Eremo Tuscolano in 1946. Merton corresponded with him as he pondered leaving Gethsemani to join the Camaldolese. (Source: The School of Charity, p. 86.)

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Related Information and Links

See one published letter from Merton to Levy-Duplatt in The School of Charity, pp. 86-89, 91-92.

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
 1953/02/23 HLSto MertonMerci pour les livres que vous m'avez envoyés. Merci pour la petite dédicace que vous   
 1953/09/no HLSto MertonMon Confère et ami D. Jean Leclercq (je dis mon confrère, car avant d'être ermite camaldoli,   
 1953/12/04 HLS[x]from MertonCe n'est que d'autre jour que mon Rev. Père Dom James m'a remis les livres que vous  [copied from the Hart Working Files: Sub-Section H.7, Accession 2, Box 3, Folder 10]
 1955/06/03 (#01)TL[c]from MertonI have just reread two letters I received from you a couple of years ago and am encouraged by yourYes  
 1955/06/03 (#02)TALS[x]from MertonI have just reread two letters I received from you a couple of years ago and am encouraged by yourYes  
 1955/06/24 (#01)TALS[x]to MertonVotre lettre ne m'a nullement surpris, car je connais depuis longtemps vos désirs de solitude,  [copied from the Hart Working Files: Sub-Section H.7, Accession 2, Box 3, Folder 10]
 1955/06/24 (#02)TL[x]to Fox, JamesLe P. Louis m'a écrit ces jours-ci pour me demander si nous accepterions de le recevoir dans  [copied from the Hart Working Files: Sub-Section H.7, Accession 2, Box 3, Folder 10]
 1955/09/05 TALS[x]from MertonThank you for your very kind and complete letter about my problem. Thank you especially for yourYes  
 1955/09/18 HLS[x]from Fox, JamesOur good fr. Louis Merton asked me to forward this letter of Sept 5, which he has sent me here  [copied from the Hart Working Files: Sub-Section H.7, Accession 2, Box 3, Folder 10 - written while Fox was visiting the Abbey of Citeaux]
 1986/05/12 TLS[x] from Farrell, Michael / to Patrick HartAt long last I have succeeded in locating the Merton-Monte Corona correspondence which was exchanged  [copied from the Hart Working Files: Sub-Section H.7, Accession 2, Box 3, Folder 10 - from Fr. Michael Farrell, E.C., to Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O.]
 1986/07/13 TLS[x] from Farrell, Michael / to Patrick HartYour kind letter together with "THE LEGACY OF THOMAS MERTON" posted by surface mail May 16th  [copied from the Hart Working Files: Sub-Section H.7, Accession 2, Box 3, Folder 10 - from Fr. Michael Farrell, E.C., to Br. Patrick Hart, O.C.S.O.] biography of Fr. Maurizio Levy-Duplatt (born Jacques Levy-Duplatt)
        

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