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Philip Evans
Welsh Jesuit missionary to England and Wales, Roman Catholic martyr
SaintKingdom of EnglandSociety of JesusPost-1588
Feast: 25 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1645
Died
1679
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
Philip Evans, SJ and John Lloyd were Welsh Catholic priests killed in the aftermath of the alleged Popish Plot. They are among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- John Lloyd Saint“Philip Evans, SJ and John Lloyd were Welsh Catholic priests killed in the aftermath of the alleged Popish Plot.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Wikidata Q2884061 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Philip Evans (CC BY-SA)
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