Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians, Turin

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Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians
Basilica di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice
Façade of the church
Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians Map of Turin
45°04′51″N 7°40′33″E / 45.0809°N 7.6759°E / 45.0809; 7.6759
Location	Turin
Country	Italy
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
History
Authorising papal bull	9 June 1868
Founded	1865
Architecture
Style	Neoclassical
Completed	1868
Administration
Diocese	Turin

The Basilica of Our Lady Help of Christians (Italian: Basilica di Santa Maria Ausiliatrice)^[1] is a Pontifical church and Marian shrine in Turin, Italy. The building was originally part of the safehouse for poor boys cared for by Don Bosco, it now contains the remains of Bosco, and six thousand numbered relics of other Catholic saints.^[2]

Pope Pius X raised the shrine to the status of Minor Basilica via the Pontifical decree Anno Reparatæ Salutis on 12 July 1911.^{[citation needed]}