Mary Evans (sect leader)
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Mary Evans, known as Mari y fantell wen was the leader of a short-lived religious sect in Wales whose followers held that she was married to Christ and would never die. The sect soon dissolved after h
Vale of Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, where Mary Evans was active
Eglwys Llanfihangel-y-traethau, where Mary Evans is buried
Talsarnau
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Talsarnau is a village and community in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd in Wales. Its population was 525 in 2001, and had increased to 550 at the 2011 Census.
Mary Evans (sect leader)
…white mantles on Sundays, and held ceremonies on the mountains above Ffestiniog. Little is known for sure about their beliefs or practices. Mary died in Talsarnau. She had said she would never die, so there was a long delay before her body was buried, but it was at last interred on 28 October 1789 in…
A view towards Talsarnau