S. Giovanni Battista
Community ID:
770
Alternate Names:
S. Johannis Baptistae
Town:
Taranto
Diocese:
Taranto
Region:
Apulia
Medieval Location:
Near the city walls, not far from the "Mar Grande,"next to the church of the same name
Corporate Status:
monastery
Date Terminated:
1866, July 7
Religious Order:
Byzantine / Benedictine (Nel 1319 erano certamente benedettine)
Early Documents:
1087: Bohemond, prince of Taranto, confirms the monastery of S. Pietro Imperiale in certain donations, including one "speculam positam ad parvulam portam, imo vero infra impsam parvulam portam monasterii S. Iohannis Baptistae."
State Of Medieval Structure:
the church and the buildings still exist
Miscellaneous Information:
some nuns remained in the monastery until 1904
Contributors:
WRL Project
Date Finished:
1866
Length:
550
