John Ogilvie (saint)
16th and 17th-century Scottish Jesuit saint and martyr / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Ogilvie, SJ (1580 – 10 March 1615) was a Scottish Jesuit priest. For his work in service to a persecuted Catholic community in 17th century Scotland, and in being hanged for his faith, he became the only post-Reformation Scottish saint.
Saint John Ogilvie | |
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Martyr | |
Born | 1580[1] Drumnakeith, Banffshire, Scotland |
Died | 10 March 1615(1615-03-10) (aged 34–35) Glasgow Cross, Scotland |
Venerated in | Catholic Church |
Beatified | 22 December 1929, Rome, Vatican City by Pius XI |
Canonized | 17 October 1976, Rome, Vatican City by Paul Vl |
Feast | 10 March |
Ogilvie was brought up a Calvinist and sent to continental Europe to further his education. His interest piqued by the popular debates going on between Catholic and Calvinist scholars, he took up studies with the Benedictines, and then with the Jesuits. He became a Jesuit and was sent to Scotland, where he worked among the few Catholics in the area of Glasgow. Arrested after less than a year, he was hanged at Glasgow Cross in 1615.