[1] Count Giacomo Arcucci, a secretary to Joan I of Naples, established the charterhouse in 1371.

[2] In 1553 the monastery was restored and fortified and a tower was erected which collapsed in the 18th century.

[1] There was often conflict between the islanders and the monks, who owned land as well as grazing and hunting rights.

During the 1656 plague in Capri, the monks sealed themselves off, whereupon the islanders threw their corpses over the wall of the monastery in retribution.

[2] Since 1974 the charterhouse houses the Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach museum among others[3] and is used for cultural events.