San Giovanni Battista

Programme 2026

Monday, 15 June

12:00 a.m.

Opening of the Exhibition “230: La Società di San Giovanni Battista dal 1796 al 2026”

Museo de’ Medici, Via degli Alfani 39, Florence 
Daily from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. • Exhibition open until 31 August

Saturday, 20 June

9:00 p.m.

CONAD St. John’s Night Run • 86th Edition

Piazza del Duomo • Road Race

Sunday, 21 June

11:00 a.m.

The Coronation of the Marzocco

Piazza della Signoria, Arengario of Palazzo Vecchio, with the participation of the Historical Parade of the Florentine Republic and a performance by the Uffizi Flag-wavers

Corona del Marzocco Award

Presentation of the award by the Società di San Giovanni Battista and Paolo Penko Goldsmith

Tuesday, 23 giugno

16:30 p.m.

Opening of the Photography Exhibition
L’Anima di Firenze “Contrasti tra passato e presente”

Sala Pistelli • Palazzo Medici Riccardi • Via Cavour 9

Exhibition info:
Sale Ginori • via de’ Ginori 14
From 24 to 30 June • 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. / 3:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
By Gruppo Fotografico il Cupolone Aps and Società di San Giovanni Battista 

Wednesday, 24 giugno

8:30 a.m.

Procession of gifts and candles

Piazza De’ Peruzzi, via de’ Bentaccordi, via dell’Anguillara, piazza San Firenze, via Condotta, via Calzaiuoli,piazza Duomo (joining the Historical Parade of the Florentine Republic), via Calzaiuoli, piazza della Signoria
Presentation of the Cross of St. John to the Mayor

9:00 a.m.

Uffizi Flag-wavers exibition

Piazza della Signoria

9:30 a.m.

Procession of gifts and offering of the candles

Piazza della Signoria, via Calzaiuoli, piazza Duomo

10:00 a.m.

Exposition of the Reliquary of the Società di San Giovanni Battista and the Crosses of St. John

Loggia del Bigallo

Offering of the Candles to the Archbishop and the Florentine Chapter

By the Mayor and the Società di San Giovanni Battista • Battistero di San Giovanni

10:30 a.m.

Solemn Mass in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

In honour of Florence’s patron saint, attended by the Deputazione di San Giovanni Battista, with the presentation of the Cross of St. John the Baptist to the Archbishop

18:00 p.m.

St. John’s Rowing Regatta

Società Canottieri Firenze • Lungarno Anna Maria de’ Medici

21:00 p.m.

Brass Ensemble Performance

Awaiting the St. John’s Fireworks • In collaboration with the Conservatorio Cherubini • Lungarno della Zecca Vecchia

22:00 p.m.

The St. John’s Fireworks

Lungarno della Zecca Vecchia