name

Robertus Van Ommeren

                 baptismal name

Jacob

                                 born

Jan. 20, 1806 in Roosendaal (NL)

                higher education

Breda, Seminary

                  ordained priest

according to the memorial picture)

         begin of monastic life

1831 in Santa Croce (Rome)

for the future monastery in Bornem

Febr. 12, 1832 monastic profession

                  responsibilities

Sept. 9, 1835 superior of Bornem

1846 Vicarius generalis of the

Cistercian congregation of Belgium

April 28, 1856 confirmed abbot by Pope Pius IX.

June 8, 1856 abbatial benediction in Rome

1869 confirmed Vicarius gener. Prov. Belgicae

                                  died

Jan. 15, 1895 in Bornem

                               buried