The Abbazia di San Salvatore or Abbadia San Salvatore is an abbey on the Monte Amiata, in the town of Abbadia San Salvatore, Tuscany, Italy, to which it gives its name. The traditional account of its origin indicates that the Lombard king

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founded the abbey in 743, entrusting it to the

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. Later handed over to the

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s, the abbey played an important regional role, being often in conflict with the houses of the Aldobrandeschi and the Orsini, as well as other allies of the

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s. It is mentioned that in 816, Holy Roman emperor

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assigned some freedom to the abbey to the election of their abbott the ''Monistero di San Salvatore di Monte Amiate''.Annali d'Italia: Dall'anno 601 dell'era volare fino all'anno 840
by Lodovico Antonio Muratori, Giuseppe Catalani, Monaco (1742); page 499. The Codex Amiatinus was kept at the monastery from the 9th century until 1786 when it passed to the

Laurentian Library The Laurentian Library (Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana or BML) is a historic library in Florence, Italy, containing more than 11,000 manuscripts and 4,500 early printed books. Built in a cloister of the Medicean Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze ...

in Florence.

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8th-century establishments in Italy Christian monasteries established in the 8th century Monasteries in Tuscany Churches completed in 743 8th-century churches in Italy {{Italy-struct-stub