page_title: San Giovanni degli Eremiti
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: San Giovanni degli Eremiti / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Church and refectory of S Giovanni degli Eremiti (from via Benedettini)
context_page_description: San Giovanni degli Eremiti is a church in Palermo, Sicily, near the Palazzo dei Normanni.
context_section_description: The church's origins date to the 6th century. After the establishment of the Norman domination of southern Italy, it was returned to the Christians by Roger II of Sicily who, around 1136, entrusted it to the Benedictine monks of Saint William of Vercelli.
  The church was extensively modified during the following centuries. A restoration held around 1880 attempted to restore its original medieval appearance.
caption: San Giovanni degli Eremiti
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