appointment of his successor Donato Ogliari, the territory of the abbey outside the immediate monastery grounds had been transferred to the Diocese of Sora-Aquino-Pontecorvo, now renamed Diocese of Sora-Cassino-Aquino-Pontecorvo. Treasures In December 1943, some 1,400 irreplaceable manuscript codices, chiefly patristic and historical, in addition to a vast number of documents relating to the history of the abbey and the collections of the Keats-Shelley Memorial House in Rome, had been sent to the abbey archives for safekeeping. German officers Lt. Col. Julius Schlegel (a Roman Catholic) and Capt. Maximilian Becker (a Protestant), both from the Panzer-Division Hermann Göring, had them transferred to the Vatican at the beginning of the battle. Another account, however, from revisionist author Franz Kurowski's The History of the Fallschirmpanzerkorps Hermann Göring: Soldiers of the Reichsmarschall, notes that 120 trucks were loaded with monastic assets and art which had been stored there for safekeeping. Robert Edsel (2006) is more to the point about German looting. The trucks were loaded and left in October 1943, and only "strenuous" protests resulted in their delivery to the Vatican, minus the 15 cases which contained the property of the Capodimonte Museum in Naples. Edsel goes on to note that these cases had been delivered to Göring in December 1943, for "his birthday". People Abbots Burials Pope Victor III Cardinal Domenico Bartolini (1813–87) Saint Apollinaris, abbot of Montecassino, feast day on 27 November Saint Benedict Saint Bertharius, abbot of Montecassino Józef Gawlina, archbishop and Divisional general John Gradenigo Saint Scholastica Sigelgaita of Salerno Carloman (mayor of the palace) Władysław Anders Members of the Polish 2nd Army Corps Piero the Unfortunate See also Battle of Monte Cassino Polish cemetery at Monte Cassino Red Poppies on Monte Cassino San Giovanni in Venere San Liberatore a Maiella The Cassino Band of Northumbria Army Cadet Force The Red Poppies on Monte Cassino Lamp of Brotherhood, lamps that were distributed at Monte Cassino to promote reconciliation after World War II References Sources Catholic Encyclopedia, 1908. Michela Cigola, L'abbazia benedettina di Montecassino. La storia attraverso le testimonianze grafiche di rilievo e di progetto. Cassino, Ciolfi Editore, 2005. External links Abbey of Monte Cassino Satellite photo from Google Maps The Monte Cassino Society Contemplationi faventes, original text of the 2014 apostolic constitution redefining territorial jurisdiction of the abbey Hills of Italy Mountains of Lazio Benedictine monasteries in Italy Christian monasteries established in the 6th century Monasteries in Lazio Rebuilt buildings