Belmont Abbey, North Carolina
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The Abbey Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, informally known as the Belmont Abbey, is a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery and a Minor Basilica in Belmont, North Carolina, United States of America. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[1] The monastery is administered by the American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation.
Monastery information | |
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Full name | Abbey Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians |
Order | Benedictines |
Established | April 1876 |
Mother house | Saint Vincent Archabbey |
Dedicated to | Mary, Help of Christians |
Diocese | Charlotte |
Controlled churches | Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary |
People | |
Founder(s) | Dom Herman Wolfe, O.S.B. |
Abbot | The Rt. Rev. Placid Solari, O.S.B. |
Important associated figures | Abbot-Bishop Leo Haid, O.S.B. |
Architecture | |
Status | active |
Heritage designation | National Register of Historic Places |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Site | |
Location | Belmont, North Carolina, United States |
Coordinates | 35.2613°N 81.0438°W / 35.2613; -81.0438 |
Website | www |
Belmont Abbey Cathedral | |
NRHP reference No. | 73001343 |
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Added to NRHP | April 11, 1973 |
Pope Leo XIII officially declared the monastery an abbey on 19 December 1884. Pope Pius XII declared Mary Help of Christians its Patroness via his decree Perfugium Rebus on 5 December 1957. Pope John Paul II raised the shrine to the status of Minor basilica via the Pontifical Decree Sacras Ædes on 27 July 1998.