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''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' (Abbey of Mary Help of Christians) | ''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} ''' (Abbey of Mary Help of Christians, Abbatia Nullius Beatae Mariae Auxiliatricis de Belmont) | ||
Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States|United States]]<br> | Country : [[Ecclesiastical heraldry of the United States|United States]]<br> | ||
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Suppressed as territorial abbey : 1977 (territory to [[Diocese of Charlotte]]) | Suppressed as territorial abbey : 1977 (territory to [[Diocese of Charlotte]]) | ||
[[File: | [[File:belmontabbey.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
Azure, a lion couchant or, on a champagne argent, in chief ten stars of six points, five and five of the last. | |||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
These arms of the Abbey show a lion for Abbot Leo Haid, the founder of the Territorial Abbey, with ten stars to recall the ten monks who came with him at the foundation. The blue field honors the Blessed Virgin, under her title of Mary Help of Christians, the titular of the Church of Belmont Abbey | |||
====Arms of Abbots==== | ====Arms of Abbots==== | ||
<gallery perrow=0> | <gallery perrow=0> | ||
File:Northcarolina-haid.jpg|[[Leo Michael Haid]] (1910–1924) | File:Northcarolina-haid.jpg|[[Leo Michael Haid]] (1910–1924) | ||
File:belmont-taylor.jpg|[[Vincent George Taylor]] (1924–1959) | |||
File:belmont-coggin.jpg||[[Walter Arthur Coggin]] (1959–1970) | |||
No image|[[Edmund F. McCaffrey]] (1970–1975) | No image|[[Edmund F. McCaffrey]] (1970–1975) | ||
No image|[[Jude G. Cleary]] (1975-?) | No image|[[Jude G. Cleary]] (1975-?) | ||