Saint Vincent Archabbey

Saint Vincent Archabbey
Saint Vincent Archabbey is located in Pennsylvania
Saint Vincent Archabbey
Location within Pennsylvania
Saint Vincent Archabbey is located in the United States
Saint Vincent Archabbey
Saint Vincent Archabbey (the United States)
Monastery information
OrderBenedictine
EstablishedOctober 24, 1846
Mother houseMetten Abbey (Founded 766)
DioceseDiocese of Greensburg
People
Founder(s)Archabbot Boniface Wimmer, O.S.B.
AbbotRt. Rev. Martin Bartel, O.S.B.
PriorRev. Killian Loch, O.S.B.
Site
LocationLatrobe, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates40°17′34″N 79°24′03″W / 40.29278°N 79.40083°W / 40.29278; -79.40083
Public accessYes
Websitewww.saintvincentarchabbey.org

Saint Vincent Archabbey is a Benedictine monastery in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the city of Latrobe. A member of the American-Cassinese Congregation, it is the oldest Benedictine monastery in the United States and the largest in the Western Hemisphere. The shrine is dedicated to Saint Vincent de Paul.

Pope Pius XII raised the monastery church to the status of a Minor basilica via his decree Quasi fons lucis on 25 August 1955.