Projectus

Holy Martyr Projectus was a deacon and martyr in northern Italy in the 4th century. According to the surviving tradition, he fled from the Arians together with Saints Evasius and Malianus into the forest of Selva Cornea near Casale Monferrato.

Around the year 362 the city prefect, Attubalus, urged on by the Arians, arrested them and ordered them beheaded, together with 143 companions. He is not to be confused with his namesake Projectus, bishop of Clermont (died 676). He is commemorated together with Evasius on 1 December and, with him, is patron of the city of Casale Monferrato and its cathedral. He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.