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: Wikipedia
Catholic Online
Catholic Encyclopedia
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Print References: Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
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