BL. GEORGE DOUGLAS, PRIEST AND MARTYR

BL. GEORGE DOUGLAS, PRIEST AND MARTYR - 9 SEPTEMBER

BLESSED GEORGE DOUGLAS, PRIEST AND MARTYR

Born in Edinburgh, his family were from Bonjedward near Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders. In his earlier years, George Douglas 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 in 1574. He may have been a member of a religious congregation, perhaps the Franciscan Order. 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. Found guilty in York of 'persuading the Queen's subjects away' from Protestantism, Father Douglas was sentenced to death. He was executed on September 9, 1587 by drawing and quartering, manifesting great fortitude during his torments.

George Douglas is one of the Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales.

Sources:

https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/georgedouglas11.htm

https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/douglas-george-bl

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Douglas_(martyr)

⬅️ The Holy Martyrs of England and Wales

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that we who know how courageously your holy martyr George confessed the faith, may experience his goodness as he intercedes for us with you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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