Alphonse Chabot

Born in 1841 and deceased in 1920, Alphonse Chabot was a French author whose catalog is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. His surviving works show a clear fascination with Christmas, Epiphany, and the ways major feast days were observed in different countries.

Chabot also appears to have been a Catholic cleric: editions of his work present him as a prelate and parish priest in Pithiviers, in the Loiret region of France. That background helps explain the tone of his writing, which blends religious history with close attention to popular customs and family celebrations.

Among his known books are Noël dans les pays étrangers, La nuit de Noël dans tous les pays, and La Fête des rois dans tous les pays. Read today, these works offer a snapshot of how an early 20th-century French writer introduced readers to international holiday traditions with both devotion and lively cultural curiosity.