Ignace Gillet
Ignace Gillet , born as Jacques Gillet (born May 8, 1901 in Saint-Quentin , † December 4, 1997 in Vitreux ) was a French Roman Catholic clergyman, Trappist , abbot and abbot general .
life and work
Jacques Gillet grew up with five brothers. After the First World War he attended high school in Dole (in the Jura department ) and in 1920 entered the Notre-Dame des Dombes abbey (in the adjacent Ain department ). He took the religious name Ignace ("Ignatius"), was ordained a priest in 1929 and received his doctorate in 1933 at the Gregorian in Rome . Then he was prior and novice master in his monastery . Drafted for military service in 1939 , he was taken prisoner in Germany in 1940 (until the end of the war). From 1953 to 1956 he was abbot of Dombes Monastery, then until 1964 abbot of Aiguebelle Monastery . From 1964 to 1974 he was Abbot General of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance ( Trappists ) and Titular Archabbot of the Cîteaux Monastery , but then resigned and lived as a monk in the Dombes Monastery (which was abandoned in 2001) until shortly before his death. He died (because of the better care options) in the Acey monastery . His grave is in Dombes. He was a Knight of the Legion of Honor . Ignace Gillet was the brother of the Jesuit and author Marcel Gillet (1902–1990).
literature
- Etienne Goutagny (* 1925), Cisterciens en Dombes 1859–2001 , Paris, L'Harmattan, 2004.
Web links
- Page Gillet, Ignace in the Encyclopaedia Cisterciensis
- Short biography, German, with picture
- Gillet, Ignace, in: Biographia Cisterciensis
- Hierarchy data on Gillet
- Correspondence with Thomas Merton
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gillet, Ignace |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gillet, Jacques (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Roman Catholic clergyman, Trappist, abbot and abbot general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Quentin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1997 |
| Place of death | Vitreux |