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Evasius

missionary and Bishop of Asti

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 12 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
362
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

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.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q1069600 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Evasius (CC BY-SA)

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