The name of the church was always linked to the votive saint (San Giovanni Battista), however the remaining denomination has varied over the course of history depending on the owners. It was founded between the 11th and 12th centuries (the first historical signs date back to 1119) and belonged together with the hospital to the Knights Templar, from which the nickname of San Giovanni del Tempio derived; two centuries later the order was abolished and the property passed to the Knights of Jerusalem, who were later renamed Knights of Malta from which the current name of the church derives.
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