Mary Evans (sect Leader)
Mary Evans ( cy, Mari Evan, 1735–1789), known as Mari y fantell wen (Mary of the white cloak) was the leader of a short-lived religious cult in Wales whose followers held that she was married to Christ and would never die. The cult soon dissolved after her death. Life Mary Evans was born in 1735, possibly in Ceredigion. She is thought to have come from Anglesey to Merionethshire around 1780. According to some accounts she was a maidservant at the Maentwrog rectory, while others say she lived in Breichiau in Llandecwyn parish, on the border with the Maentwrog. She had left her husband and was living with another man. Mary claimed she was betrothed to Christ, and convinced many people of her tale. She wore a red mantle at the head of a long procession to a marriage festival in Ffestiniog church, followed by a marriage feast in a tavern in Ffestiniog. She received many bridal gifts. The sect became widespread around Ffestiniog, Penmachno and Harlech. The members seem to have ...
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Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2021 of 3,107,500 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the