Philip Evans (paediatrician)
Philip, Phillip or Phil Evans may refer to: * Philip Evans and John Lloyd (1645–1679), Welsh Roman Catholic priest and saint * Phil Evans (soccer, born 1980), South African football (soccer) player * Phil Evans (Australian footballer) (born 1950), Australian rules footballer * Phil Evans (darts player), Welsh darts player * Philip Evans (headmaster) (born 1948), British educationalist and headmaster * Philip Evans (cricketer) (born 1982), English cricketer * Phillip Evans (baseball) (born 1992), American baseball player * Phil Evans (basketball), Australian wheelchair basketball player {{hndis, Evans, Philip ...
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Philip Evans And John Lloyd
Philip Evans and John Lloyd were Welsh Roman Catholic priests. They are among the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales. Philip Evans Philip Evans was born in Monmouth in 1645, and educated at Jesuit College of St. Omer (in Artois, now in France). He joined the Society of Jesus in Watten on 7 September 1665, and was ordained at Liège (now in Belgium) and sent to South Wales as a missionary in 1675. He worked in Wales for four years, and despite the official anti-Catholic policy no action was taken against him. When the Oates' scare swept the country both Lloyd and Evans were caught up in the aftermath. In November 1678 John Arnold, of Llanvihangel Court near Abergavenny, a justice of the peace and hunter of priests, offered a reward of £200 () for his arrest. Despite the manifest dangers Evans steadfastly refused to leave his flock. He was arrested at the home of Christopher Turberville at Sker, Glamorgan, on 4 December 1678. Ironically the posse which arrested him is sa ...
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