Talk:List of basilicas

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Just a note: the basilica in Baltimore is called the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, not the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as some anonymous user would have it. See the Archdiocese's list of historical sites and the official website (overuses Flash). —No-One Jones 18:48, 21 Jun 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Minor Basilicas in England

Corpus Christi Basilica in Manchester was designated as such by Pope Saint Pius X in the form of a Motu Proprio, on the 17th of May AD 1904. This was in response to the supplication made by Abbot Martin Francis Guedens O.Praem., Titular Abbot of Barlings. The original document (including the Pontiff's own handwriting and signature) is preserved in the archives of Corpus Christi Canonry in Miles Platting, Manchester. A scanned copy of this Papal Motu Proprio is available on request, more information being added to the Priory's website over time: http://www.praemonstratensis.co.uk/. The Pontiff later bestowed a chalice upon the Basilica at the Eucharistic Congress in 1907, presented by the Papal Representative to the Abbot. A "Pax Brede" from the Lord Bishop of Salford was also gifted to mark the Church's status. The Basilica is also mentioned in the offical histories of the Diocese. The Basilica was erected as a centre of Reparation and Eucharistic devotion, being the headquarters for the Archconfraternity of Reparation for the United Kingdom and Eire.

More information is avaliable. The Basilica may be little known outside the north of England BUT is clearly the oldest in the country AND one of the oldest in the custody of the Canons Regular of Prémontré (it is also a Conventual and Parish Church).

In Jesus, Mary and St Norbert, Br Ninian Doohan O.Praem

If this is the case, I would be interested to know why every list of basilicas I've seen lists St Chad's Birmingham and Downside Abbey as England's only Minor Basilicas. See here for example. I'm not disputing what you say, I'm just interested. -- Necrothesp 22:22, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

--- I hope a more experienced editor can link to the Dutch wiki page for the basiliek in st Odilienberg in The Netherlands: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basiliek_van_de_H.H._Wiro,_Plechelmus_en_Otgerus Chris H