Florence - San Giovanni / Giovannino dei Cavalieri

The church of San Giovanni(no) dei Cavalieri (the Maltese Knights of St John) changed its name as often as its architects. First it was the Oratory of Mary Magdalene, with a home for "fallen" women (1326), then San Pier Celestino, San Niccolò" (1533) and finally San Giovanni Decallato (St John the Baptist Beheaded) or San Giovanni dei Cavalieri, the patron saint of nuns from Jerusalem who had a convent (with a fine cloister) near the church.

Inside is a "Nativity" (1435) by di Lorenzo and a "Coronation of the Virgin" by di Bicci.