Tuscany; abbey Badia a Passignano (Abbazia di San Michele Arcangelo a Passignano); inside abbey church: giant choir book (hymnbook) with huge letters to read from distance at the choir stalls of the monks (realized 1549); Legend wants; that the abbey dedicated to Archangel Saint Michael; was founded by San Zenobio; bishop of Florence; in 395 AD. Most probably; it was founded in Longobard times or even later; 899 AD or 989 AD; by a bishop Zenobio of Fiesole. The abbey was given by Pope Leo IX to the Vallombrosa Congregation (Congregazione vallombrosana); a comunity of the Benedictine order; founded by San Giovanni Gualberto (995 AD - 1073 AD). First monk Leto arrived 1050. The abbey church was built 1266 onwards. The abbey of Archangel Saint Michael is also called Badia di Passignano; and Abbey of San Michele Arcangelo a Passignano.

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