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John Juvenal Ancina
Italian Oratorian, bishop and blessed (1545-1604)
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Feast: 30 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1545
Died
1604
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
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.
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
Sources
- 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.