Groups

monache di S. Giovanni Gerosolimitano

A group of women under the auspices of the Knights Hospitaller, formally known as the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem (later Rhodes, then Malta), the so-called monache gerosolimitane (Jerusalem nuns), later cavalleresse di Malta (knightesses of Malta), were given San Giovanni Battista della Calza (or San Giovannino detto la Calza) for use as their convent in 1392, where they remained until 1530. From they moved briefly to Camaldoli in the Oltrarno before settling in S. Pietro da Morrone in via di San Gallo, which came to be known as San Giovannino in via di San Gallo, one of three churches in the city to use the moniker San Giovannino.

Alternate Names

  • cavalleresse di Malta
  • monache dell'Ordine di S. Giovanni Gerosolimitano
  • monache di S. Giovannino la Calza
  • monache gerosolimitane
Group Type
Gender female
Affiliation
Database ID 2281

Memorials (1 total)

S. Gio. dei Cavalieri 03 Altare della Coronazione della Madonna
1553 to circa 1808 (date is approximate)

Related Groups (3 total)

Ospitalieri di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme (religious)
1392 to circa 1808 (date is approximate)
eremiti di Camaldoli (religious)
1530
frati ingesuati della Calza (religious)
1530

Buildings (3 total)

Camaldoli
1530 to 1552
S. Giovannino dei Cavalieri
1552 to circa 1808 (date is approximate)
S. Giovannino detto la Calza a
1392 to 1530

Notes

  • [a] Fra Riccardo Caracciolo, Grand Master of Rhodes, installed a community of Jerusalem nuns, the female branch of the Knights Hospitaller in 1392. They remained at S. Giovannino until 1530.