Blessed John of Penna

Also known as

• Giovanni of Penna
• Johannes of Penna

Memorial

• 3 April

Profile

Joined the Franciscan in Recanati, Italy c.1213. Priest. Founded several Franciscan houses in Provence, France during a 25 year apostolate there. Returned to Italy in 1242, and lived the bulk of his remaining 30 in cloistered retirement. Experienced many highs and lows in his spiritual life, with lengthy periods of aridity and doubt, but periods of ecstacies, visions, and mystic union. Had the gift of prophecy.

Born

• c.1193 at Penna San Giovanni, diocese of Fermo, Italy

Died

• 3 April 1271 at Recanati, Italy

Beatified

• 20 December 1806 by Pope Pius VII (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed John of Penna”. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 April 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-john-of-penna/>