Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk who was a revered pacifist and author, with works like Seven Storey Mountain and Thoughts in Solitude.
Thomas Merton was born on January 31, 1915, in Prades, France. He worked as an English teacher before entering a Trappist abbey in Kentucky and later becoming a priest. He published a variety of works as a poet, essayist and novelist, and is known for his autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain. Merton had an embracing spiritual vision that went beyond traditional doctrine.
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