This is a list of abbots of Monte Cassino.[1]
Italian names are given in italics in parentheses for abbots before the third destruction of the abbey.
Between c. 580 and c. 585, the abbey was pillaged and burned by the Lombards and abandoned by its monks.
In 883, the abbey was destroyed by the Aghlabids and the monks moved to Teano and later Capua.
With Aligern, the monks return to Monte Cassino.
From Raymond on, the abbots are bishops.
In 1349, the abbey was destroyed by an earthquake.
From Bartolomeo on, the abbots are once again monks (not bishops).
From Ludovico on, the abbots are in commendam.
From Zaccaria on, the abbots are heads of the Cassinese congregation.
In 1944, the abbey was destroyed a fourth time during the battle of Monte Cassino.