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Ogilvie, Alexander, 1601-1663, Jesuit priest of the Angliae Province
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1601-1663
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Born: 1601, Scotland
Entered: 29 June 1622, Pont-à-Mousson, France
Ordained: ???
Final Vows: 08 November 1634
Died: 1663, Scotland
Catalogus Defuncti 1641-1740 has Alexander Ogilbaeus RIP 1663 Scotland (Foley VII I 556-557 Scot.)
◆ In Chronological Catalogue Sheet as Ent 29/06/1622 and Old/15 (1)
◆ Old/16 has : “P Alexander Ogilvie”; DOB 1601 Soctia; Ent 26/06/1622 Pont-á-Mousson; RIP 1663
◆ Fr Edmund Hogan SJ “Catalogica Chronologica” :
DOB 1601 Scotland; Ent 29/06/1622 Pont-à-Mousson; RIP 1663
Imprisoned in Ireland for three and a half years - says mercure Verdier, Vistior to the Irish Mission, who met him at Kilkenny in 1648 (cf Foley’s Collectanea)
◆ George Oliver Towards Illustrating the Biography of the Scotch, English and Irish Members SJ
OGILVIE, ALEXANDER. After quitting Douay in 1621, he repaired to Nanci the ensuing year to commence his Noviceship. For about thirty years he diligently cultivated the vineyard, and was hailed as the father of the poor. During the rage for the Covenant, he retired to Ireland with the Earl of Straban, where he endured extreme misery. Seized by the persecutors, and lodged in jail at London; at the end of some months, as no sufficient evidence could be produced of his being a priest, he was taken on board a vessel and landed in France. But he soon returned to his dear flock in Scotland, who welcomed him like an angel of God. He died in 1663. F. Verdier, in his report of his visitation of Ireland, dated 24th June, 1649, says he met F. Alexander Ogilvie near Kilkenny, and that he had then recently come from prison, where he had been detained three years and a half.
◆ Henry Foley - Records of the English province of The Society of Jesus Vol VII
OGILVIE, ALEXANDER, Father (Scotch), born in Scotland 1601. After his humanities at the Scotch College, Douay, he entered the Society at Pont-à-Musson, June 29, 1622, and was professed of the four vows November 8, 1634. He was six years Superior of the Mission. (Scotch Catalogue in Archives, Rome.) He served the Scotch Mission for about thirty years, and was revered as the Father of the poor. During the rage for the Covenant he retired to Ireland with the Earl of Strahan, where he endured extreme misery, Seized by the heretics, he was committed to a London prison, and after some months, as no evidence of his priesthood could be found, was transported to France, but quickly returned again to Scotland. He died in 1663. (Oliver, from Stonyhurst MSS.) Father Verdier, in his report of the visitation of Ireland in 1649, mentions meeting Father Ogilvie near Kilkenny, and that he had recently come from prison where he had been confined for three years and a half.