List of abbots of Monte Cassino

This is a list of abbots of Monte Cassino.

Italian names are given in italics in parentheses for abbots before the third destruction of the abbey.

6th century

Benedict of Nursia (Benedetta da Norcia) : from 525/529
Constantine (Costantino) : 547 – 560?
Simplicius (Simplicio) : 560? – 576?
Vitalis (Vitale) : 576? – 580?
Bonitus (Bonito) : 580? – 584

Between c. 580 and c. 585, the abbey was pillaged and burned by the Lombards and abandoned by its monks.

8th century

Petronax (Petronace) : 717? – 747
Optatus (Optato) : 747? – 760
Ermeris (Ermeri) : 760 – 760
Gratian (Graziano) : 760 – 764
Tomichis (Tomichi) : 764 – 771
Poto (Potone) : 771 – 777
Theodemar (Teodemaro) : 777/778 – 796
Gisulf (Gisolfo or Gisulfo) : 796 – 817

9th century

Apollinaris (Apollinare) : 817 – 828
Deusdedit (Diodato) : 828 – 834
Hilderic (Ilderico) : 834 – 834
Autpert (Autperto) : 834 – 837
Bassacius (Bassacio) : 837 – 856
Bertharius (Bertario) : 856 – 883

In 883, the abbey was destroyed by the Aghlabids and the monks moved to Teano and later Capua.

Angelar I (Angelario) : 883 – 889
Ragembrand (Ragembrando) : 890 – 899
Leo (Leone or Leo) : 899 – 914

10th century

John I (Giovanni) : 914 – 934
Adelpert (Adelperto) : 934 – 943/944?
Baldwin (Baldovino) : 943/944? – 946
Maielpot (Maielpoto) : 943/944? – 948

With Aligern, the monks return to Monte Cassino.

Aligern (Aligerno) : 948 – 985
Manso (Mansone) : 986 – 996
John II (Giovanni) : 996 – 997
John III (Giovanni) : 997 – 1010

11th century

John IV (Giovanni IV) : 1010 – 1011
Atenulf (Atenolfo) : 1011 – 1022
Theobald (Teobaldo) : 1022 – 1035
Basil (Basilio) : 1036 – 1038
Richer I (Richerio) : 1038 – 1055
Peter I (Pietro) : 1055 – 1057
Frederick (Federico) : 1057 – 1058
Desiderius or Daufer (Desiderio or Dauferio) : 1058 – 1087
Oderisius I (Oderisio) : 1087 – 1105

12th century

Otto (Ottone) : 1105 – 1107
Bruno (Bruno) : 1107 – 1111
Gerard (Gerardo) : 1111 – 1123
Oderisius II (Oderisio) : 1123 – 1126
Nicholas I (Nicola) : 1126 – 1127
Seniorectus (Senioretto) : 1127 – 1137
Rainald I (Rainaldo) : 1137
Wibald (Guibaldo or Wibaldo) : 1137
Rainald II (Rainaldo II) : 1137 – 1166
Theodin I (Teodino) : 1166 – 1167
Giles or Aegidius (Egidio) : 1168
- Peter (Pietro) : 1168 – 1171 (apostolic administrator)
Dominic (Domenico) : 1171 – 1174
Peter II (Pietro II) : 1174 – 1186
Roffred (Roffredo dell'Isola) : 1188 – 1210

13th century

Peter III (Pietro III) : 1210 – 1211
Adenulf of Caserta (Adenolfo) : 1211 – 1215
Stephen I (Stefano) : 1215 – 1227
Landulf Sinibald (Landolfo Sinibaldo) : 1227 – 1236
- Pandulf (Pandolfo) : 1237 – 1238 (apostolic administrator)
Stephen II (Stefano) : 1238 – 1248
Nicholas II (Nicola) : 1251 - ?
Richard (Riccardo) : 1252 – 1262
Theodin II (Teodino II) : 1262 – 1263
Bernard Ayglerius (Bernardo Aiglerio) : 1263 – 1282
Thomas I (Tommaso) : 1285 – 1288
Ponce (Ponzio) : 1292 – 1292
William (Guglielmo) : 1293 – 1294?
Angelar II (Angelario II) : 1294 – 1295
Berard (Beraudo) : 1295 – 1295
- Bernard (Bernardo) : 1295 – 1296 (apostolic administrator)
Galard (Galardo) : 1296 – 1301

14th century

Thomas II (Tommaso II) : 1304 – ?
Marinus (Marino) : 1306 – 1313
Isnard de Pontevès (Isnardo) : ? – ?
- Odo or Eudes (Oddone) : 1323 – 1326 (apostolic administrator)

From Raymond on, the abbots are bishops.

Raymond de Gramat (Raimondo) : 1326 – 1340
Guy of San Germano (Guido di San Germano) : 1340 – 1341
Richer II de Miremont (Richerio) : 1341 – 1343
Stephen III Aldebrand (Stefano) : 1343 – 1345/1346
William II de Rosières (Guglielmo) : 1345–1346 – 1353

In 1349, the abbey was destroyed by an earthquake.

Francesco degli Atti : 1353 – 1355
Angelo I Acciaiuoli : 1355 – 1357
Angelo II della Posta : 1357 – 1362
Angelo III Orsini : 1362 – 1365
Guglielmo III : 1366 – 1369

From Bartolomeo on, the abbots are once again monks (not bishops).

Bartolomeo da Siena : 1369 – 1369
Andrea I da Faenza : 1369 – 1373
Pietro IV de Tartaris : 1374 – 1395
Enrico Tomacelli : 1396 – 1413

15th century

Pirro Tomacelli : 1414 – 1442
Antonio Carafa : 1446 – 1454

From Ludovico on, the abbots are in commendam.

Ludovico Trevisan : 1454 – 1465
Pietro V Barbo : 1465 – 1471
Giovanni d'Aragona : 1471 – 1485
Giovanni de' Medici : 1486 – 1504

16th century

From Zaccaria on, the abbots are heads of the Cassinese congregation.

Zaccaria Castagnola : 1506 – 1509
Graziano II : 1509 – 1510
Ignazio Squarcialupi : 1510 – 1516
Vincenzo de Riso : 1517 – 1518
Teofilo Piacentini : 1519 – 1520
Ignazio Squarcialupi : 1520 – 1521 (second time)
Ludovico Trivulzio : 1522 – 1522
Giustino Harbes : 1522 – 1523
Ignazio Squarcialupi : 1524 – 1526 (third time)
Crisostomo de Alessandro : 1527 – 1531
Agostino Bonfili : 1531 – 1533
Crisostomo de Alessandro : 1533 – 1538 (second time)
Girolamo : 1538 – 1539
Ignazio II : 1539 – 1541
Girolamo II Scloccheto : 1541 – 1546
Lorenzo Zambelli : 1546 – 1549
Girolamo II Scloccheto : 1549 – 1551 (second time)
Innocenzo Nicolai : 1551 – 1554
Girolamo III Calcini : 1554 – 1555
Isidoro Mantegazzi : 1555 – 1556
Ignazio III Vicani : 1556 – 1559
Angelo IV de Faggis : 1559 – 1564
Ignazio III Vicani : 1564 – 1565 (second time)
Angelo IV de Faggis : 1565 – 1568 (second time)
Bernardo II de Adamo : 1568 – 1570
Mattia Mattaleia : 1570 – 1572
Angelo IV de Faggis : 1572 – 1575 (third time)
Girolamo IV Gersale : 1575 – 1577
Bernardo III Ferrajolo : 1577 – 1580
Desiderio II : 1580 – 1585
Bernardo III Ferrajolo : 1585 – 1587 (second time)
Egidio II Sernicoli : 1587 – 1589
Andrea II : 1589 – 1590
Girolamo V Brugia : 1590 – 1595
Basilio II : 1595 – 1596
Vittorino de Manso : 1597 – 1598
Zaccaria II Tarasco : 1598 – 1599
Ambrogio Rastellini : 1599 – 1602

17th century

Desiderio III : 1603 – 1604
Gregorio Casamata : 1605 – 1608
Paolo da Cosenza : 1608 – 1609
Onorato Scalisi : 1609 – 1614
Isidoro II Agresti : 1614 – 1617
Paolo II Scotti : 1617 – 1621
Bernardino Saivedra : 1621 – 1624
Simplicio II Caffarelli : 1625 – 1628
Paolo II Scotti : 1629 – 1630 (second time)
Angelo V Grassi : 1631 – 1631
Paolo Camillo Casati : 1632 – 1634
Desiderio IV Petronio : 1635 – 1639
Severino Fusco : 1640 – 1645
Andrea III Arcioni : 1645 - 1647
Desiderio IV Petronio : 1648 – 1649
Domenico II Quesada : 1650 – 1653
Carlo de Mauro : 1654 – 1657
Angelo VI della Noce : 1657 – 1661
Anastasio Perrone : 1661 – 1665
Angelo VI della Noce : 1665 – 1669 (second time)
Mauro Cesarini : 1669 – 1675
Severino II Pepe : 1675 – 1680
Andrea IV Deodati : 1680 – 1681
Sebastiano Biancardi : 1681 – 1687
Andrea IV Deodati : 1687 – 1692 (second time)
Severino II Pepe : 1692 – 1697 (second time)
Ippolito della Penna : 1697 – 1704

18th century

Gregorio II Galisio : 1704 – 1717
Nicola III Ruggi : 1717 – 1722
Arcangelo Brancaccio : ? – 1725
Sebastiano II Gadaleta : 1725 – 1731
Stefano IV de Stefano : 1731 – 1737
Ildefonso del Verme : 1737 – 1739
Sebastiano II Gadaleta : 1739 – 1745 (second time)
Antonio II Capece : 1745 – 1751
Giovanni Maria Ragosa : 1751 – 1753
Marino II Migliarese : 1754 – 1760
Domenico III Favilla : 1760 – 1766
Aurelio Parisio : 1766 – 1772
Rinaldo Santomagno : 1772 – 1778
Domenico III Favilla : 1778 – 1780 (second time)
Prospero de Rosa : 1781 – 1787
Tommaso II Capomazza : 1788 – 1793
Prospero de Rosa : 1793 – 1797 (second time)
Marino III Lucarelli : 1797 – 1804

19th century

Aurelio II Visconti : 1804 – 1816
Giuseppe del Balzo : 1817 – 1821
Luigi Bovio : 1821 – 1828
Giacomo Diez : 1828 – 1834
Celestino Gonzaga : 1834 – 1840
Matteo Morso : 1840 – 1840
Giuseppe II Frisari : 1841 – 1849
Michelangelo Celesia : 1850 – 1858
Simplicio III Pappalettere : 1858 – 1863
Carlo II de Vera : 1863 – 1871
Nicola IV d'Orgemont : 1872 – 1896
Giuseppe III Quandel : 1896 – 1897
Bonifacio Maria Krug : 1897 – 1909

20th century

Gregorio IV Diamare : 1909 – 1945

In 1944, the abbey was destroyed a fourth time during the battle of Monte Cassino.

Ildefonso II Rea : 1945 – 1971
Martino Matronola : 1971 – 1983
Bernardo IV Fabio D'Onorio : 1983 – 2007

21st century

Pietro VI Vittorelli : 2007 – 2013
Donato Ogliari : 2014 –

References

External links

Gli Abati de Montecassino