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Saint Evasius (Italian: Sant’Evasio; probably third century AD) is believed to have been a missionary and bishop of Asti in north-west Italy. He was forced to flee to the great Padan forest known as the Selva Cornea where he and numerous followers were beheaded by pagan or alternatively by Arian enemies in the area of what is now Casale Monferrato. He is venerated as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and is the patron of a number of towns in Piedmont and Lombardy.
