Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista, Catholic church in San Giovanni in Persiceto, Italy.

Chiesa di San Giovanni Battista is a church in San Giovanni in Persiceto featuring a neoclassical facade adorned with statues of the evangelists created by Bernardino Bernardi in 1834. The building is located at Piazza del Popolo and houses several important artworks in its interior.

The church's original structure dates back to the 9th century and underwent major renovation in 1671 under architect Paolo Maria Canali's direction. This transformation gave the building the appearance it maintains today.

The first altar on the left holds Guercino's canvas of Saint Anthony of Padua with the Child; the next chapel has Ubaldo Gandolfi's Saint Anne, the Virgin and Saint Joachim. The Partecipanza chapel keeps Francesco Albani's altarpiece of the Madonna and Child with angels and Saints Sebastian and Roch, commissioned by the town as a vow after the 1630 plague.

The church stands in the town centre, a short walk from Piazza del Popolo; the facade faces the square and the entrance is at street level. The interior is a Latin cross with side chapels, so visitors move along the nave and the two aisles. Masses are held regularly, and the building is closed outside service times.

Francesco Gonzaga, son of Ferrante II Gonzaga Duke of Guastalla, was buried here in 1643 and remains interred in the church. His presence connects this building to an important ducal family of the region.