Feast October 25
Saint Philip Evans
Martyr, patron of Tennis · Feast October 25
Biography
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.
Feast day
October 25
Patronage
- Tennis
- tennis players
Birth date
c. 1645
Death date
22 July 1679 (aged 33 - 34)
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI
Feast month
10
Wikidata qid
Q2884061
Feast day of month
25