Priest and Martyr · Remembered on March 10
St. John Ogilvie
St. John Ogilvie is remembered on March 10 in Bless’s calendar of saints.
| Remembered on | March 10 |
|---|---|
| Title | Priest and Martyr |
| Died | 1615 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
A Scots Calvinist convert who returned to his country as a hunted Jesuit, ministered in secret for less than a year, and was betrayed, tortured with sleep deprivation for over a week, and hanged at Glasgow at thirty-six — Scotland’s only canonized post-Reformation martyr.
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. John Ogilvie. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. St. John Ogilvie keeps March 10 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of March.
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