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Church of Saint John the Evangelist degli Scolopi
(Chiesa di San Giovannino degli Scolopi)
San Giovannino degli Scolopi.
Religion
AffiliationRoman Catholic
ProvinceFlorence
Location
LocationFlorence, Italy
Geographic coordinates43°46′29″N 11°15′21″E / 43.7748°N 11.2557°E / 43.7748; 11.2557
Architecture
Architect(s)Bartolommeo Ammannati; Giulio Parigi; Alfonso Parigi il Giovane
TypeChurch
Groundbreaking1579
Completed1661

The church of San Giovannino degli Scolopi is a minor church in the center of Florence, located on Via Martelli corner with Via Gori.

From 1351 to 1554, the church was known as San Giovanni Evangelista, since the site had a small oratory dedicated to the saint. In the mid-16th century, Cosimo I applied the inheritance of a Giovanni di Lando of the neighboring Gori family to the erection of a church for the newly arrived Jesuits (1577). Construction began two years later on designs of Bartolommeo Ammannati, afterwards supplanted by Giulio Parigi and finally Alfonso Parigi il Giovane, who completed the work in 1661. The Jesuit Order was suppressed in 1775, and the church was passed to the Piarist or Scolopi Fathers. It was restored in 1843 by Leopoldo Pasqui.

The ceiling was frescoed (1665) by Agostino Veracini[clarification needed] and stucco statuary designed by Camillo Caetani. It also has frescoes by Alessandro Fei (il Barbiere) and canvases by Jacopo Ligozzi, a St. Francis Saverio preaching to natives by Francesco Curradi, and a Christ and the Canaanite in the second chapel on left by Alessandro Allori. Girolamo Macchietti painted a crucifix.

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