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Taking the examples of both Maximilianus, and Sabertooth's poffering of Michaelangelo... it seems that a natural combination of these Latin names would be Johannebaptista, which is long but maintains the integrity of both names.

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You are limited in options because names like Maximilianus are made from two names in which there is either a prefix or suffix to the core words. Meaning that Maxi is the important core in Maximus, with mus simply being an elaboration. In the same way, Miliani is the core of Aemilianus, with Ae- and -us being merely elaboration. That is why you can take the elaboration out of both names to create Maximilianus.

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In the cases of Johannes and Baptista, the only elaborations are in the -s and -a endings.

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You can mash them together however you like, but the result would only be "inspired by" Johannes and Baptista, not having the same meaning.

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Obviously, the French Jean-Baptiste being an exception.

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Sorry I couldn't provide a realistic suggestion.

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EDIT: Since the French variation works so well, I suggest that you bring it forward in variations instead of going back to the original Latinate. Here are some variations based on the German, Italian and Spanish variations of Iohannes and Baptista:

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GERMAN -
Hansbaptist
Janbaptist
Hannesbaptist

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ITALIAN -
Zuanbattista
Gianbattista
Ivano Battista

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SPANISH -
Xuanbautista
Ivanbautist
Juanito-Bautista

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hope that helps.

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