Belloc Abbey

Belloc Abbey, otherwise the Abbey of Notre-Dame de Belloc (French: Abbaye de Belloc, Abbaye Notre-Dame de Belloc), is a Benedictine monastery located in Urt, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques. It was founded in 1875.[1]

For the Cistercian abbey in Girals, see Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey. For the cheese, see Abbaye de Belloc.
The abbey

Description

The community, which comprises about 40 monks, follows the Rule of St. Benedict and belongs to the Subiaco Cassinese Congregation. The brothers offer the hospitality of their house to men, households and groups requiring silence or spiritual guidance.[1]

To support themselves they principally make the ewes' milk cheese Abbaye de Belloc. Among other activities they also undertake illumination and calligraphy and run a bookshop open to the public.[1]

Images
  • Principal building
    Principal building
  • Church
    Church
  • Altar
    Altar
  • Reception area
    Reception area
  • Oratory in the crypt
    Oratory in the crypt
  • Chapelle du St-Sacrement
    Chapelle du St-Sacrement
  • Belloc Abbey from the west
    Belloc Abbey from the west

Notes and references
  1. Official website(in French)

Bibliography
  • Marc Doucet (preface by Mgr. Dagens), 2009: Des hommes travaillés par Dieu: Histoire de l'Abbaye de Belloc, Paris, éditions du Cerf
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