St Vincent Archabbey

Pennsylvania · United States · Church

A spectral monk has been reported and documented at this Pennsylvania abbey since the 1800s, along with footsteps on the basilica bell tower stairs.

St Vincent at Latrobe, Pennsylvania is the oldest Benedictine monastery in the United States, and the accounts from it go back further than almost anything else in this archive: reports of a spectral monk have been in circulation and written down since the 1800s.

Footsteps are heard on the stairs of the basilica bell tower.

The figure people describe is understood to be a monk who was killed in the mill. The abbey ran its own industry, including a gristmill and a brewery, and monks worked them.

Security staff frequently have to go and turn the lights off in a building where nobody is.

A religious community that has kept written records continuously since 1846 is an unusual custodian for a ghost story, and the length of the documentation is what makes this one stand apart.

The archabbey and the basilica are open to visitors.

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Where is St Vincent Archabbey located?

St Vincent Archabbey is in Pennsylvania, United States.

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