name

Edmond Mikkers

              baptismal name

Guillaume (Willem)

                                born

Nov 11, 1910 in Aalst (the Netherlands)

             higher education

Sint-Michiels-Gestel (seminary)

               ordained priest

August 8, 1937

      begin of monastic life

Sept 16, 1929 novice in Achel

October 19, 1934 solemn profession

               responsibilities

professor of history of the Cistercian Order

in Achel

1936 - 1939 theological studies in Rome

(licence of theology)

from 1948 leader of a research group in Cistercian history

in 1950 foundation of "Cîteaux in de Nederlanden"

with Fr. Roger De Ganck

1962 - 1985 director of "Cîteaux - commentarii cistercienses"

                                  died

July 2, 1993 in Klaarland

                               buried

in Klaarland