San Giovanni Battista a Pernina, Romanesque church in Sovicille, Italy.

San Giovanni Battista a Pernina is a Romanesque church with three naves and an apsed structure located in Sovicille in Tuscany. The building was made from pale yellow porous limestone arranged in horizontal layers, creating a unified appearance both inside and outside.

The pieve is first documented on 11 February 1078, when Matilda of Canossa confirmed the diocese of Volterra in its possession of the church; Pope Alexander III renewed that confirmation in the 12th century. In the first half of the 13th century its rectors held posts such as papal delegate, and in 1254 priest Bainerio became pievano. By 1356 the whole plebate yielded only 57 lire, so pievani often stayed in Siena. It was remodelled in Baroque style in the 18th century, then fully restored in 1954-1955, removing the 18th-century additions.

The name Pernina comes from the pieve, which was a baptismal church serving a district; by the 13th and 14th centuries it had only one suffragan church. A 1507 apostolic visit recorded three altars and two confraternities that most of the population joined. The panel of the Madonna and Child by Luca di Tommè, once here, is now in the Museo civico e d'arte sacra in Colle di Val d'Elsa.

The church stands at Pernina, a hamlet on the Montagnola senese at 499 m, not in Sovicille's centre; it belongs to the municipality of Sovicille. The 22-metre bell tower rises in front of the facade. Reach it by road from Sovicille; for opening times ask the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino or the parish.

The church preserves a 14th-century panel painting of the Madonna and Child by Luca di Tommè, now kept in the civic and sacred art museum of Colle di Val d'Elsa. Inside, the first bay's capitals carry geometric motifs of whirls and ribbons, while the others show claw patterns or rough Ionic forms.