 It is a territorial abbey whose abbot functions as the bishop of the land within the abbey's possession, even though he is not consecrated as a bishop.It is the mother-house of the Olivetans and the monastery later took the name of "Monte Oliveto Maggiore" ("the greater") to distinguish it from successive foundations at Florence, San Gimignano, Naples and elsewhere.It was founded in 1313 by Bernardo Tolomei, a jurist from a prominent aristocratic family of Siena.