Basilica of St. John the Baptist, Minor basilica and parish church in Foggia, Italy

The Basilica of St. John the Baptist is a church in Foggia with a marble facing added in 1942, donated by the Iorio family. In front of the church stands a stone cross with the figures of Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist, erected by Charles V to commemorate his army's victory in the 1530 battle between Cerignola and Canosa.

The original church, built in the 16th century, belonged to the Order of Malta. After a reconstruction in 1626 it passed to the Confraternita dell'Annunziata, whose enlargements were inaugurated on 1 January 1725. In 1832 the confraternity lost its property rights, expropriated by the Comune di Foggia. In 1889 the church was elevated to minor basilica and the Virgin took the title Liberatrice dal Colera.

The Congregation of the Addolorata del Colera, founded in 1885, still operates in the basilica and is the only one in Foggia of pontifical creation. In 1889 the Virgin of Sorrows took the title Liberatrice dal Colera, after the 1837 statue of Maria Addolorata was said to weep and end the cholera epidemic.

The stone cross facing the church, flanked by statues of Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist, was commissioned by Charles V to mark his army's 1530 victory between Cerignola and Canosa; look for it before entering. The marble cladding on the facade dates to 1942, donated by the Iorio family of Foggia.

In front of the church stands a stone cross flanked by statues of Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist. Charles V had it erected to give thanks for the 1530 battle his army won in the countryside between Cerignola and Canosa.