 The old monastic buildings currently serves as the headquarters of the Cini Foundation.The monastery was founded in AD 982 following the donation of the island by the Doge Tribuno Memmo in response to a request by the Blessed John Morosini, O.S.B., who wished to establish a monastery there, and who then became the first abbot.Among the first monks of the community which developed there was St. Gerard of Csanád () (980-1046), a bishop and martyr who helped establish Christianity in Hungary.