Blessed George Douglas
- Memorial
- 9 September; 22 November as one of the Martyrs of England,
Scotland, and Wales
- Profile
- Studied in Paris, France. Priest. Ministered to covert Catholics in
England. Arrested in York and martyred for the crime of being a priest.
One of the Martyrs of England, Scotland, and Wales.
- Born
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Died
- hanged, drawn, and quartered in 1587 in York, England
- Name Meaning
- from the dark water (Scottish Gaelic)
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Venerated
- 10 November 1986 by Pope John Paul II
- Beatified
- 22 November 1987 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- pending
- Print References
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
George Douglas was born in Edinburgh, the son of John Douglas, Burgess of
Edinburgh; he was a Douglas
of Bonjedward. His uncle was the Protestant Archbishop of St Andrews,
John Douglas.
In his earlier years, George Douglas, of Edinburgh, Scotland, worked as a
schoolmaster in the English county of Rutland. He subsequently journeyed
overseas to Paris, where he studied for the priesthood and was ordained.
There are uncertainties in the biographical details of his life, including
the specific year of his ordination. He may have been a member of a
religious congregation, perhaps the Franciscan Order, but this cannot be
established. Father Douglas came to England about ten years after his
ordination to serve the country’s Catholics persecuted under Queen
Elizabeth I. It was while labouring thus that he was arrested a first time,
but was thereafter released. He was arrested a second time at Ripon in
the northern county of Yorkshire. Father Douglas was sentenced to death
for “persuading to popery,” that is, for winning converts to the Catholic
faith. At York he was executed by drawing and quartering, manifesting
great fortitude during his torments.
The execution of priests stopped for ten months in September 1587, the
last one being that of George Douglas at York on 9 September.
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