 The parish church ("pieve") of Val d'Elsa already existed and had an archpriest in the 11th century.In 1061, Pope Alexander II ordered the creation of a Chapter of Canons.Pope Paschal II, in 1112, joined the parish of S. Giovanni, Faustina and Giulitta with the parish of S. Salvatore in Colle under one and the same archpriest.