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Peter Hubert Evermode Backx (1805–1868) was a 19th-century
Catholic Encyclopedia article
1805 births 1868 deaths Belgian abbots People from Westerlo {{Belgium-RC-clergy-stub
Peter Hubert Evermode Backx (1805–1868) was a 19th-century abbot
Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fem ...
of Tongerlo Abbey
Tongerlo Abbey is a Premonstratensian monastery at Tongerlo in Westerlo near Antwerp, Belgium.
History
It was founded in 1128 in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary, by Giselbert of Kasterlee, who not only gave the land, but also himself became a ...
, in Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
.
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Catholic Encyclopedia article
1805 births 1868 deaths Belgian abbots People from Westerlo {{Belgium-RC-clergy-stub