Gerardus Franciscus Amadeus de Bie (16 March 1844 - 25 June 1920) was a Belgian abbot of

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(Common Observance). He became the 74th Abbot-General of the

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. In 1862 he entered Bornem Abbey, and chose his monastic name in honour of Amadeus of Lausanne. In 1895, after the death of Abbot Robertus van Ommeren, de Bie was elected abbot and consecrated by Cardinal Goossens. He served as Abbot of Bornem until 1900, when he was elected abbot general of the Cistercians, in succession to

Leopold Wackarž Leopold Anton Wackarž Ocist. (1810–1901) was the 40th Abbot of Vyšší Brod Monastery (1857–1901) and the 37th Abbot general of the Cistercian Order The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cistercien ...

. De Bie's new appointment required that he move to

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where he lived in a rented apartment.''The White Monks: A History of the Cistercian Order'' He was succeeded as abbot of Bornem by Thomas Schoen. De Bie served as abbot general throughout the First World War. He died in Rome in 1920.

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Belgian abbots People from Bornem Belgian Cistercians Cistercian abbots general Belgian people of World War I 1844 births 1920 deaths {{Belgium-RC-clergy-stub