Philip Powell (martyr)
Welsh martyr
Philip Powell (sometimes spelled Philip Powel) (2 February 1594 – 30 June 1646) was a lawyer who became a Benedictine monk and priest, serving as a missionary in England during the period of recusancy. He was martyred at Tyburn.
Early life
Born in Trallong, Brecknockshire, Wales, Powell was the son of Roger ap Rosser Powell and Catherine Morgan, and attended Abergavenny grammar school. From 1610 to 1614 he was a student of law, taught principally by Benedictine David Baker. Baker subsidized Powell's further studied at the University of Louvain.
Priesthood
In 1618 he was ordained priest and then joined the Benedictines, becoming part of the community of St. Gregory at Douai (now at Downside Abbey. At Douai, he studied under Welsh Benedictine, Leander Jones, and held the position of cellarer. In 1622 left Douai to go on mission in England. He stayed for over a year with Baker in Gray's Inn Lane, London.
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