San Giovannino dei Cavalieri

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(Chiesa di San Giovannino dei Cavalieri)

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| location = Florence, Italy

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San Giovannino dei Cavalieri (Young St. John the Baptist of the Knights) previously named Church of San Giovanni Decollato (Decapitated St. John), is a parish church situated in Via San Gallo in central Florence, Italy.

Initially the site held a 14th-century home for women of "easy virtue" and dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, it was renamed after the patron saint of the Cavalieri or Knights of Malta. Rebuilt from 1553-1784, with facade added in 1699. Presently it contains a Coronation of the Virgin by Neri di Bicci, a Nativity by Bicci di Lorenzo, an Annunciation attributed to the Master of Stratonice, a Decapitation of St. John the Baptist by Pietro Dandini, vault frescoes by Alessandro Gherardini, a painted cross in the apse by Lorenzo Monaco, and a Last Supper by Palma il Giovane.

References

  • {{cite book | first= Eve|last= Borsook| year=1991| title= The Companion Guide to Florence| publisher= Harper Collins| editor= Vincent Cronin (general editor)| isbn=000215139-1 |pages= 241}}