John Juvenal Ancina
Italian Oratorian, bishop and blessed (1545-1604)
Feast: 30 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Saluzzo in Piedmont, Blessed John Juvenal Ancina, bishop, who, formerly a physician, was among the first to enter the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 30 August as a bishop of Saluzzo, once a physician, among the first to join Saint Philip Neri's Oratory.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Philip Neri Saint“At Saluzzo in Piedmont, Blessed John Juvenal Ancina, bishop, who, formerly a physician, was among the first to enter the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 30 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3767380 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — John Juvenal Ancina (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.