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 Bartolomeo Ammannati (18 June 151113 April 1592) was an Italian architect and sculptor, born at Settignano, near Florence. He studied under Baccio Bandinelli and Jacopo Sansovino (assisting on the design of the Library of St. Mark's, the ''Bibli ...

, afterwards supplanted by

Giulio Parigi Giulio Parigi (6 April 1571 – 13 July 1635) was an Italian architect and designer. He was the main member of a family of architects and designers working for the Grand Ducal court of the Medici. His father, Alfonso Parigi the Elder, was an ...

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 The Piarists (), officially named the Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools ( la, Ordo Clericorum Regularium pauperum Matris Dei Scholarum Piarum), abbreviated SchP, is a religious order of clerics regular of the ...

or ''Scolopi'' Fathers. It was restored in 1843 by Leopoldo Pasqui. The ceiling was frescoed (1665) by

Agostino Veracini (Niccolò) Agostino Veracini (14 December 1689 – 18 November 1762) was an Italian painter and engraver. He was the second son of Benedetto Veracini, also a painter. Agostino was the cousin of Francesco Maria Veracini, the violinist and compos ...

and stucco statuary designed by

Camillo Caetani Camillo Caetani (Gaetano) (Sermoneta (?) 1552 – Rome 6 August 1603) was an Italian aristocrat and Papal diplomat in several European capitals during the early Counterreformation. Early life Camillo Caetani was the third son of Bonifacio Caeta ...

. It also has frescoes by Alessandro Fei (il Barbiere) and canvases by Jacopo Ligozzi, a ''St. Francis Saverio preaching to natives'' by

Francesco Curradi Francesco Curradi or Currado (15 November 1570 – 1661) was an Italian painter of the style described as Counter-''Maniera'' or Counter-Mannerism, born and active in Florence. Biography Curradi was the son of a jeweller, Taddeo. He trained und ...

, and a Christ and the Canaanite in the second chapel on left by

Alessandro Allori Alessandro di Cristofano di Lorenzo del Bronzino Allori (Florence, 31 May 153522 September 1607) was an Italian painter of the late Mannerist Florentine school. Biography In 1540, after the death of his father, Allori was brought up and trai ...

Girolamo Macchietti Girolamo Macchietti (c. 1535/1541-1592) was an Italian painter active in Florence, working in a Mannerist style. Biography He was a pupil of Michele di Ridolfo. During the years 1556-1562, worked as an assistant to Giorgio Vasari in the de ...

painted a ''crucifix''.

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Right chapels *First ''Crucifixion'' by

, poorly visible frescoes by

Domenico Cresti Domenico Passignano (1559 – 17 May 1638), born Domenico Cresti or Crespi, was an Italian painter of a late-Renaissance or Counter-''Maniera'' ( Counter-Mannerism) style that emerged in Florence towards the end of the 16th century. Biography ...

, il Passignano. *Second: ''St. Pompilio'' (1936) di A. del Zardo and lunette by

Pier Dandini Pietro Dandini (12 April 1646 – 26 November 1712) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. Biography He is also called ''Pier Dandini''. He was the son (or nephew) and pupil of the painter Vincenzo Dandini. Pie ...

. *Third: ''St. Niccolò'' by Domenico Campiglia and two ovals by

. *Fourth: ''Francesco Saverio'' by

, pictures by

Anton Domenico Bamberini Anton Domenico Bamberini (1666–1741) was an Italian painter, mainly of religious Baroque frescoes in churches completed in a heavily ornamented and stuccoed '' trompe-l'œil'' frames and settings. Biography Bamberini was born in Florence. He ...

and stucco by

Girolamo Ticciati Girolamo Ticciati (1676–1744) was an Italian people, Italian sculptor and architect. Life Born in Florence, Girolamo attended the Academy Toscana Granducale in Rome and studied under the Florentine sculptor Giovanni Battista Foggini. In 1708 ...

; here are kept the relics of San Fiorenzo, died in 303 Left chapels: *First: ''Angels'', ''Jacob's ladder'', ''Defeat of Lucifer'' by Jacopo Ligozzi *Second (chapel of ''San Bartolomeo''): ''Christ and the Cannanite'' by

, ovals by unknown author. *Third: ''San Giuseppe Calasanzio'' di

Antonio Franchi Antonio Franchi (1638–1709) was an Italian painter of the 17th century, active mainly in Florence and Lucca. Born in Villa Basilica, he is also called ''Il Lucchese''. Initially training in Lucca with Domenico Ferrucci, he moved for over ...

, Lateral frescoes unknown author. *fourth: ''St. Ignatius of Loyola'' by

Antonio Puglieschi Antonio Puglieschi (Florence, 1660 – Florence, 1732) ''A Checklist of Painters from c1200-1994: Represented in the Witt Library''. By Witt Library, 1995. was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period, active mainly in Florence. he trained ini ...

, ovals by Domenico Banberini. In the college are found canvases of ''Sant'Elena'' by

Tommaso Bizzelli Tommaso is an Italian given name. It has also been used as a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name A * Tommaso Acquaviva d'Aragona (1600–1672), Roman Catholic prelate * Tommaso Aldrovandini (1653–1736), Italian painter of ...

, ''Immaculate Conception'' by

Domenico Curradi Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi (, , ; 2 June 1448 – 11 January 1494), professionally known as Domenico Ghirlandaio, also spelled as Ghirlandajo, was an Italian Renaissance painter born in Florence. Ghirlandaio was part of t ...

and a ''St. Jerome'' by Jacopo Ligozzi.

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