Giovanni Giovenale Ancina (19 October 1545 - August 30, 1604) was an Italian priest, scholar and music composer, known also as an orator. He was beatified in the late nineteenth century. Ancina was born into a wealthy family of Fossano, in what is now the province of Cuneo. He received a university education in medicine and philosophy and during his youth became also an accomplished man of letters and musician. Ancina died of a suspected poisoning in 1604. On 9 February 1890 he was beatified by Pope Leo XIII. He is the patron saint of his town of birth, Fossano.