- photo: A. Rombaut, St. Nikolaas (B)
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name | Robertus Van Ommeren | |
baptismal name | Jacob | |
born | Jan. 20, 1806 in Roosendaal (NL) | |
higher education | Breda, Seminary | |
ordained priest | April 7, 1832 or (March 7,1832 | |
according to the memorial picture) | ||
begin of monastic life | 1831 in Santa Croce (Rome) | |
for the future monastery in Bornem | ||
Febr. 12, 1832 monastic profession | ||
responsibilities | Sept. 9, 1835 superior of Bornem | |
1846 Vicarius generalis of the | ||
Cistercian congregation of Belgium | ||
April 28, 1856 confirmed abbot by Pope Pius IX. | ||
June 8, 1856 abbatial benediction in Rome | ||
1869 confirmed Vicarius gener. Prov. Belgicae | ||
died | Jan. 15, 1895 in Bornem | |
buried | ||
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