Belmont Abbey, North Carolina
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 | |
| Founders | 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 |
Belmont Abbey is a Catholic Benedictine monastery and in Belmont, North Carolina. Home to the Abbey Basilica of Mary Help of Christians, the abbey was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is administered by the American-Cassinese Benedictine Congregation and the abbey monks administer Belmont Abbey College.
Pope Leo XIII officially declared the monastery an abbey on December 19, 1884. Pope Pius XII declared Mary Help of Christians its patroness via his decree Perfugium Rebus on December 5, 1957. Pope John Paul II raised the shrine to the status of minor basilica via the pontifical decree Sacras Ædes on July 27, 1998.