Basilica minor

Sacré-Coeur in Paris is a basilica minor

Basilica minor is a title given to important church buildings of the Roman Catholic Church. Popes have given the title to churches since the 18th century. Many churches that are important for pilgrimage are basilicae minores. The name is in contrast to the four basilicae majores in or around Rome.

Basilica Minor Media

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  Floorplan of San Lorenzo in Damaso, a basilica in Rome. It is built in the basilica style: a rectangular building with a nave flanked by longitudinal aisles.

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  Conopaeum (left), tintinnabulum (right), and a papal chair (middle), one of the privileges granted to a basilica

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  Plaque on front of Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist (Savannah, Georgia) showing it’s minor basilica proclamation

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  The Basilica of Divine Mercy, constructed in 2002 in Kraków, Poland, received two million pilgrims in 2011.

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  Archbasilica of St John Lateran41°53′09″N 12°30′22″E

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  St. Peter's Basilica 41°54′8″N 12°27′12″E

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  Basilica of St Paul Outside-the-Walls41°51′31″N 12°28′38″E

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  Basilica of St Mary Major41°53′51″N 12°29′55″E

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  Basilica of St Lawrence Outside-the-Walls, Rome

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  Basilica of St Francis of Assisi, Assisi