Buildings

S. Giovannino detto la Calza

According to Stefano Rosselli, a group of nuns of the Order of San Giovanni Gerosolimitano were given the Ospedale di San Giovanni Battista for use as their convent in 1392, where they remained until 1530. A group of Jesuate friars then took up residence at this Oltrarno church because their convent of San Giusto alle Mura outside of the Porta a Pinti gate was destroyed during the siege of Florence. Rosselli noted that there was not much in the church worth consideration save four paintings brought from San Giusto to adorn the altars of the Jesuates' new church, which came to be known as San Giovanni Battista (or San Giovannino) della Calza in reference to the habit worn by the friars.

The only memorials described by Rosselli adorned the main door's architrave with three coats of arms honoring the first residents and patrons of the church when it was a foundation of the Knights Hospitaller.

Affiliations (2 total)	Jesuate Frairs The Jesuati, or Jesuates, were founded in Siena by Giovanni Colombini in 1360 as a lay fraternity inspired by the spirituality of Saint Jerome. Other names include ingesuati, frati gesuati di san Girolamo, and Clerici apostolici Sancti Hieronymi. The male branch was suppressed by Pope Clement IX in 1668, while the Jesuati sisters remained active until 1872. Despite their similar name, the Jesuates are distinct from and should not be confused with the Jesuit Order, founded in 1540.
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Affiliations (2 total)

Jesuate Frairs

The Jesuati, or Jesuates, were founded in Siena by Giovanni Colombini in 1360 as a lay fraternity inspired by the spirituality of Saint Jerome. Other names include ingesuati, frati gesuati di san Girolamo, and Clerici apostolici Sancti Hieronymi. The male branch was suppressed by Pope Clement IX in 1668, while the Jesuati sisters remained active until 1872. Despite their similar name, the Jesuates are distinct from and should not be confused with the Jesuit Order, founded in 1540.

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Location

Parish of S. Pier Gattolino, Gonfalone Ferza, Sestiere Oltrarno

Alternate Names

Convento gerosolimitano
Ospedale di S. Giovanni Battista
S. Giovanni Battista della Calza
S. Giusto detta della Calza

Dates

1362 to 1373 a

foundation

Affiliated Groups (2 total)

monache di S. Giovanni Gerosolimitano b		1392 to 1530
frati ingesuati della Calza		1530 to 1668

Spaces (2 total)

+chiesa di S. Giovannino della Calza
- architrave della Porta di chiesa

Memorials (7 total)

Memorialized Groups (3)

2 Families (click to expand)

Sources (2 total)

ASF, Manoscritti, 624, Rosselli, Sepoltuario Fiorentino, 1657 (copy)	pp. 139-140
G. Richa, Notizie istoriche delle chiese fiorentine	vol. 9, pp. 97-112

Notes

[a] Established by Knight of Rhodes Bindo Benini as hospice for pilgrims under the patronage of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.
[b] 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.