St. John Ogilvie

Born in 1579, John Ogilvie belonged to Scottish nobility. He was raised a Calvinist; exposed to the religious controversies of his day and impressed with the faith of the martyrs, he decided to become a Catholic. In 1596, he was received into the Church at Louvain. Later he sought admission into the Jesuits. He was ordained at Paris in 1610, and asked to be sent to Scotland.

John's work brought many people back to the Faith. Some time later he was betrayed by one posing as a Catholic. After his arrest he was tortured in prison in an effort to get him to reveal the names of other Catholics, but he refused. After three trials, John was convicted of high treason.

He was hanged at Glasgow in 1615 at the age of thirty-six. His feast day is March 10.