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title: "St. John Ogilvie: Feast Day March 10 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-ogilvie/
description: "St. John Ogilvie, Priest and Martyr. Remembered on March 10, died 1615. Read their life in Bless."
---

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](https://blessbible.app/saints/march/#10) |
| Title | Priest and Martyr |
| Died | 1615 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Wednesday, March 10, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-ogilvie/#calendar) |

## 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.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Wednesday, March 10, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/03/10/) | Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent | Violet | Isaiah 49:8-15 · Psalm 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18 · John 11:25a, 26 · John 5:17-30 |
| [Friday, March 10, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/03/10/) | Friday of the First Week of Lent | Violet | Ezekiel 18:21-28 · Psalm 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7bc-8 · Ezekiel 18:31 · Matthew 5:20-26 |

Readings

Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[March 9 St. Frances of Rome](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-frances-of-rome/) [March 11 St. Eulogius of Córdoba](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-eulogius-of-cordoba/)

[All the saints of March](https://blessbible.app/saints/march/) [Born on March 10?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#03-10) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

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St. John Ogilvie

Remembered on March 10

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-ogilvie/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-john-ogilvie/#calendar)

In the app

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