# Signor Ascanio — Poirot Investigates character guide

> Signor Ascanio in Poirot Investigates by Agatha Christie.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Signor Paolo Ascanio, Ascanio

**First appearance:** 0009-the-adventure-of-the-italian-nobleman

## Who they are

An Italian man involved in the Count Foscatini case.

## In the story

### [The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poirot_investigates_se/chapters/the-adventure-of-the-italian-nobleman)

Arrested for the murder but released due to an alibi; later admits to Poirot that he visited the Count on the morning of the murder.

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