Saint Evasius, patron whose sarcophagus bears one of the oldest inscriptions in Piedmontese vernacular
📅 Every year, on 12 November
Casale Monferrato celebrates Saint Evasius on 12 November; the cathedral dedicated to him, according to tradition founded in the 8th century by the Lombard king Liutprand, holds the saint's sarcophagus bearing one of the oldest written records of Piedmontese vernacular.