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

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

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Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

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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

Knights Hospitaller

The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta , also known as the Sovereign Military Order of Malta , Order of Malta or Knights of Malta, is a Roman Catholic lay religious order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature. It is the world's...

. Rebuilt from 1553-1784, with facade added in 1699. Presently it contains a Coronation of the Virgin by Neri di Bicci

Neri di Bicci

Neri di Bicci was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. A prolific painter of mainly religious themes, he was active mainly in Florence and in the medium of tempera. His father was Bicci di Lorenzo. His grandfather, Lorenzo di Bicci was also a painter in Florence, a pupil of Spinello...

, a Nativity by Bicci di Lorenzo

Bicci di Lorenzo

Bicci di Lorenzo was an Italian painter and sculptor, active in Florence.He was born in Florence in 1373, the son of the painter, Lorenzo di Bicci, whose workshop he joined. He married in 1418, and in 1424 was registered in the Guild of Painters at Florence. His son, Neri di Bicci was also a...

, an Annunciation by the Master of Stratonice, a Decapitation of St. John the Baptist by Pietro Dandini

Pietro Dandini

Pietro Dandini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. He was the son and pupil of the painter Vincenzo Dandini. Pietro's uncle, Cesare Dandini, was also a painter. Vincenzo's sons, Ottaviano and Vincenzo Dandini the younger also became painters. He is also called...

, vault frescoes by Alessandro Gherardini

Alessandro Gherardini

Alessandro Gherardini was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence.He was the pupil of the painter Alessandro Rossi. Among his pupils was Sebastiano Galeotti. In Florence, he painted a Crucifixion for the Monastery of the Augustines adjacent to Santa Maria dei Candeli;...

, a painted cross in the apse by Lorenzo Monaco

Lorenzo Monaco

Lorenzo Monaco was an Italian painter of the late Gothic-early Renaissance age.-Biography:...

, and a Last Supper by Palma il Giovane.