 A 1225 document traces the abbey back to the work of the three Ardizzone brothers, Enrico and Tommaso di Casalvolone.It is unknown precisely when the abbey was abandoned; certainly the transformation into abbey in the 15th century led to a decline, because in 1497 it is not mentioned among the abbeys of the Italian Cistercian Congregation of San Bernardo.Its assets were confiscated in the Napoleonic period and in 1819 the monastic complex became private property.