Belmont Abbey, North Carolina

The Minor Basilica and Abbey of
Mary Help of Christians
The Abbey of Belmont
The Abbey Basilica in 2009
Belmont Abbey, North Carolina is located in North Carolina
Belmont Abbey, North Carolina
Location within North Carolina
Belmont Abbey, North Carolina is located in the United States
Belmont Abbey, North Carolina
Belmont Abbey, North Carolina (the United States)
Monastery information
Full nameAbbey Basilica of Mary, Help of Christians
OrderBenedictines
EstablishedApril 1876
Mother houseSaint Vincent Archabbey
Dedicated toMary, Help of Christians
DioceseCharlotte
Controlled churchesCathedral Basilica of St. Mary
People
Founder(s)Dom Herman Wolfe, O.S.B.
AbbotThe Rt. Rev. Placid Solari, O.S.B.
Important associated figuresAbbot-Bishop Leo Haid, O.S.B.
Architecture
Statusactive
Heritage designationNational Register of Historic Places
StyleGothic Revival
Site
LocationBelmont, North Carolina, United States
Coordinates35°15′41″N 81°02′38″W / 35.2613°N 81.0438°W / 35.2613; -81.0438
Websitewww.belmontabbey.org
Belmont Abbey Cathedral
NRHP reference No.73001343
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1973

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.

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.

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