San Giuseppe, Florence

San Giuseppe is a Baroque architecture, Roman Catholic church building located on Via San Giuseppe, near Piazza Santa Croce, in central Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy, and is one of two churches and an oratory in the city dedicated to Saint Joseph.

In 1583, the complex was deeded to the Minims of Saint Francis of Paola.

When the Minim order was suppressed in 1784, the convent was put to new uses.

In 1752, the interior was frescoed by Sigismondo Betti and Pietro Anderlini.

The otherwise Baroque decoration of the interior conserves a medieval painted crucifix by Lorenzo Monaco, with which the Battuti Neri or black hooded penitents from this church, accompanied those condemned to death to the scaffold outside of the city gate called Porta alla Giustizia.