name

Amedeus De Bie

Amadeus De Bie

               baptismal name

Gerardus Franciscus

                                 born

March 16, 1844 in Wouw (the Netherlands)

              higher education

Herenthals (Belgium)

Lector S.Scripturae et Philosophiae

                ordained priest

June 11, 1870

      begin of monastic life

June 23, 1862 novice in Bornhem

August 30, 1863 monastic profession

Sept 8, 1866 solemn profession

               responsibilities

professor of philosophy in Bornhem

(untill 1875)

Jan 1, 1875 chaplain in Oud-Gastel (the Netherl.) 

(with interruptions untill 1895)

Oct 1883 secretary of the General Procurator

Dom Heinrich Smeulders

Febr 12, 1895 elected abbot of Bornhem

May 3, 1895 abbatial benediction

Oct 2, 1900 elected General Abbot O.Cist.

in Santa Croce in Gerusalemme

Oct 20, 1900 confirmed by the Congreg. Episc. et Regul.

1900 - 1920 General Abbot O.Cist.

                                died

June 25, 1920 in Rome

                              buried

June 27, 1920 (Campo Verano in Rome)