# Paul Bellot

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**Paul Louis Denis Bellot** (7 June 1876 in [Paris](/source/Paris) – 5 July 1944 in [Montreal](/source/Montreal)) was a French [monk](/source/Monk) and modern [architect](/source/Architect).

## Biography

He became an architect in 1900 having studied at the École des Beaux-Arts. In 1902 he became a monk of [the Benedictines of Solesmes](/source/Order_of_Saint_Benedict). These monks were in exile in England, and Bellot began building [Quarr Abbey](/source/Quarr_Abbey) on the [Isle of Wight](/source/Isle_of_Wight).

In the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands) Bellot designed [St. Paul's Abbey, Oosterhout](/source/St._Paul's_Abbey,_Oosterhout), for the Order. He designed several churches in the Netherlands, [France](/source/France), [Belgium](/source/Belgium), [Canada](/source/Canada) and [Portugal](/source/Portugal). Most of these are built largely of concrete or brick which were his preferred materials.

Bellot was a member of L'Arche, an organisation whose goal was to use modern materials and art for religious purposes. In [Canada](/source/Canada), where he moved in 1937, he influenced several architects (i.e. Dom Claude-Marie Côté, also a Benedictine monk, and [Adrien Dufresne](/source/Adrien_Dufresne), a layman)[1] and his architectural influence became known as "Bellotism".

His ideas are expounded in *Propos d'un bâtisseur du Bon Dieu* which was published posthumously in 1949; it is based on lectures he gave in Canada in 1934.[2]

## Chief works

- [St. Paul's Abbey, Oosterhout](/source/St._Paul's_Abbey,_Oosterhout), the Netherlands, 1906–1907
- [Quarr Abbey](/source/Quarr_Abbey), Isle of Wight, 1907–1911
- church of Saint Chrysolus, [Comines](/source/Comines_(France)), 1925-1929, in collaboration with [Maurice Storez](/source/Maurice_Storez).
- chapel and monastery of the Visitation, [Kraainem](/source/Kraainem), Belgium, 1929-1930.
- church of Notre-Dame de l'Immaculée Conception, [Audincourt](/source/Audincourt), 1932, early building in reinforced concrete.
- library, cloister gallery, and *lavatorium* at [Solesmes Abbey](/source/Solesmes_Abbey)
- chapel of Saint Louis' Seminary, on the domain of Saint Hubert, [Neuvy-sur-Barangeon](/source/Neuvy-sur-Barangeon), Cher, 1936.
- church of Notre-Dame de la Paix, the garden city of [Suresnes](/source/Suresnes), 1936.
- basilica of Saint-Joseph-des-Fins, [Annecy](/source/Annecy).
- priory of Saint Bathilda, [Vanves](/source/Vanves), 1934-1936.
- [château du Grand Chavanon](/source/Ch%C3%A2teau_du_Grand_Chavanon), [Neuvy-sur-Barangeon](/source/Neuvy-sur-Barangeon), 1935-1937.
- church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição, [Porto](/source/Porto), Portugal, 1939–1947.
- [Saint Benedict Abbey](/source/Saint_Benedict_Abbey,_Quebec), [Saint-Benoît-du-Lac](/source/Saint-Beno%C3%AEt-du-Lac), Québec, Canada.
- completion of the dome and exterior of the basilica of [Saint Joseph's Oratory](/source/Saint_Joseph's_Oratory), [Montreal](/source/Montreal), Québec, Canada.

## Filmography

- François Brault and Guy L. Coté made a film about Dom Bellot at Quebec in 1987: *Dom Bellot, architecte, 1876–1943*.

## References

1. ["Adrien Dufresne"](https://web.archive.org/web/20050321090151/http://home.tiscali.nl/~ti125673/Dufresne.htm). Archived from [the original](http://home.tiscali.nl/~ti125673/Dufresne.htm) on 2005-03-21. Retrieved 2007-12-08.

1. Willis, Peter (1996) *Dom Paul Bellot, architect and monk, and the publication of "Propos d'un bâtisseur du Bon Dieu" 1949.* Newcastle upon Tyne: Elysium Press ISBN 0 904712 03 6

## External links

- [Dom Bellot, monk and architect](http://www.dombellot.nl)
- [Bellotism](https://www.flickr.com/photos/73416633@N00/collections/72157605650537633/)

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