 The Abbey Basilica in 2009 | |
  Location within North Carolina  Belmont Abbey, North Carolina (the United States) | |
| Monastery information | |
|---|---|
| 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°15′41″N 81°02′38″W / 35.2613°N 81.0438°W |
| Website | www |
Belmont Abbey Cathedral | |
| NRHP reference No. | 73001343 |
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| Added to NRHP | April 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.