George Douglas (martyr) explained

George Douglas (c. 1540^[1] -1587) was one of the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales.^[2]

Born in Edinburgh, he was originally a teacher by profession.^[3] His family were from Bonjedward near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders.^[1]

Converting to Catholicism, he travelled to France around 1556^[1] where he was ordained a secular priest^[4] in Notre Dame, Paris, in 1574- possibly at the testimonial of Mary, Queen of Scots.^[1] Returning to the north of England, he was a priest in York,^[3] where it seems he was 'apparelled in course canvas dublit and hose,' and in the East Midlands as well.^[5] Captured and found guilty in York of 'persuading the Queen's subjects away' from Protestantism,^[6] he was executed on 9 September 1587.^[3]

He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 22 November 1987.^[2]

See also

• Patrick Hamilton (martyr)
• George Wishart
• List of Protestant martyrs of the Scottish Reformation
• Saint John Ogilvie
• Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
• List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation
• John Black (martyr)
• William Gibson (martyr)
• John Ingram (martyr)
• Patrick Primrose
  • Hugh Barclay of Ladyland, David Graham, Laird of Fintry, Spanish blanks plot Alexander Cameron (priest)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lives of the English martyrs. 14 October 2016.
2. Book: Matthew Bunson. Margaret Bunson. Pope John Paul II. Stephen Bunson. John Paul II's Book of Saints. 1999. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing. 978-0-87973-934-8. 287–.
3. Book: Basil Watkins. The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary. 19 November 2015. Bloomsbury Academic. 978-0-567-66456-3. 196–.
4. Web site: Lives of the English martyrs. 14 October 2016.
5. Thomas, P.V., 'Privy Council And 'Vagarant Runagate' Priests in Elizabethan York,' The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal 69 (1997), 184.
6. Book: Richard Challoner. Modern British Martyrology: Commencing with the Reformation, A.D. 1535, 26th Henry VIII. to A.D. 1684, 24th Charles II.. 1836. Keating, Brown. 151–.