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  • Location: Halle, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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    March 3, 2025

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    Jan Boon was a son of Jan-Baptist Boon (1864-1941) and Maria Crispeels (1870-1951)... He married Maria Ceulemans (1898-1976) and they had eight children...

    He developed his Flemish-mindedness during his secondary studies at the French-speaking episcopal college of Our Lady in Halle... Priests such as Joris Baers (1888-1975), editor-in-chief of the Catholic Book Guide, and the composer Alfons Moortgat (1881-1962), at the time organist-kapellmeister of the Sint-Martinuskerk in Halle, encouraged him in that direction... They also brought him into contact with Flemish literature. He had a friend, Constant Van Gestel (1899-1978) who became a Dominican and also influenced him...
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    Location: Halle, Halle-Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium

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