Saint Philip Evans

[Saint Philip Evans]
Memorial
22 July
25 October as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
Profile
Educated at the college of Saint Omer. Could play the harp, and played tennis. Joined the Jesuits on 7 September 1665. Ordained at Liege, Belgium. Sent to southern Wales in 1675 to minister to covert Catholics. Arrested at Christopher Turberville's house, Sker, Glamorganshire on 4 December 1678 during the increased persecutions following the Titus Oates Plot. When he refused to take the Oath of Supremacy he was imprisoned in Cardiff Castle; he served time with Saint John Lloyd. Condemned on 5 May 1679 in Cardiff for the crime of being a priest. One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Born
1645 in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died
22 July 1679 on Gallows Field in Cardiff, Wales
Venerated
8 December 1929
Beatified
15 December 1929
Canonized
25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Additional Information
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For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Print References
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
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