John Ogilvie (saint)
John Ogilvie, SJ (1580 – 10 March 1615) was a Scottish Jesuit priest. For his service to persecuted Catholics in 17th-century Scotland and his murder due to his faith, he was canonized in 1976. As of 2026, he is the only post-Reformation Scottish saint.
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.
In the Martyrology
- March 10 Saint John Ogilvie, Jesuit priest and martyr at Glasgow