Subiaco Abbey (Arkansas)
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Subiaco Abbey is an American Benedictine monastery located in the Arkansas River valley of Logan County, Arkansas, part of the Swiss-American Congregation of Benedictine monasteries. It is home to thirty-nine Benedictine monks. The abbey and the preparatory school it operates, Subiaco Academy, are major features of the town of Subiaco, Arkansas. It is named after the original Subiaco, Italy, where the first monastery founded by Saint Benedict was located.
Monastery information | |
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Other names | New Subiaco Abbey, St. Benedict Priory |
Order | Benedictine |
Established | March 15, 1878 |
Mother house | St. Meinrad Archabbey (1878-1891) |
Dedicated to | St. Benedict of Nursia |
Diocese | Little Rock |
Abbot | The Right Rev. Elijah Owens, O.S.B. |
Prior | Fr. Richard Walz, O.S.B. |
Architecture | |
Status | active |
Functional status | abbey |
Groundbreaking | 1898 |
Completion date | 1902 |
Site | |
Coordinates | 35.3011°N 93.6333°W / 35.3011; -93.6333 |
Website | www |
Subiaco Abbey | |
Website | Official Listing |
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NRHP reference No. | 78003484 |
Added to NRHP | February 28, 1978 |
The Abbey has developed commercial enterprises including breeding of black Angus cattle, a brewery and taproom, and its own hot sauce. While located within the territory of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock, the Abbey has independent authority as an institution of the Benedictine order.