Jean Leclercq (actor)
Jean Leclercq may refer to: *Jean Leclercq (monk) (1911–1993), Benedictine monk and author * Jean Leclercq (politician) (1925–1970), Belgian politician and Walloon militant See also * Jean Leclerc (other) Jean Leclerc or Le Clerc may refer to: * Jean Le Clerc (c.1440–1510), French official who wrote two chronicles about the life of his longstanding patron Antoine de Chabannes * Jean LeClerc (painter) (c.1585–1633), French painter * Jean Le C ...

Jean Leclercq (monk)
Jean Leclercq, O.S.B. (31 January 1911 – 27 October 1993), was a French Benedictine monk, the author of classic studies on Lectio Divina and the history of inter-monastic dialogue, as well as the life and theology of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. LeClercq is perhaps best known in the English speaking world for his seminal work ''The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Culture''. Early life Leclercq was born in Avesnes, Pas-de-Calais, in 1911 as the second of four children. His family moved a great deal due to the first world war. From 1920 to 1928 he attended the College of St-Pierre-de-Fourmies. As a young man, he sought to enter Clervaux Abbey in Luxembourg as a brother, but was twice refused. Instead, he was finally accepted only as a postulant for the priesthood. On 22 September 1928, he was received as a postulant. On 24 June 1929, he would be received as a novice. On 29 June 1930, he would make his simple vows as a Benedictine monk. He then began ...
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Jean Leclercq (politician)
Jean Leclercq (2 June 1925, in Tournai – 24 December 1970, in Tournai) was a Belgian politician and Walloon militant. Jean Lerclercq was a member of the Conseil économique wallon when it joined the Walloon Rally in 1968 with the foundation of the local plan. He became a popular voice, and was elected in the elections of 31 March 1968. He was one of the first of the Walloon Rally to be elected to Parliament. He became a member of the Agricultural and Family Commission but he died at Christmas 1970. Paul Van Damme succeeded him. At the Walloon Rally Congress of 22 and 23 March 1969, he insisted that Mouscron and Comines were 100% French, and for stronger relations between the Walloons and France. At the communal elections of Tournai in October 1970, he opposed others in his party, and founded his own list, named ''Rénovation tournaisienne''. He was elected Elected may refer to: * "Elected" (song), by Alice Cooper, 1973 * ''Elected'' (EP), by Ayreon, 2008 *The Elected, an ...
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