An oil painting of St. John Ogilvie in tattered black and white vestments, arms outstretched, looking upwards as divine light shines upon him. Angels fly in clouds above, and a somber crowd watches below.

St. John Ogilvie at the hanging block in Glasgow Square, about to be executed. He throws his rosary into the crowd, and it lands dramatically in the hands of a Hungarian nobleman standing at the back. The executioner stands in grief, while the Protestant archbishop looks on from an observatory at the side, his face twisted in hatred. Rays of light from the heavens shine down upon St. Ogilvie—who is dressed in full traditional Jesuit priestly clothing, tattered and worn from months of imprisonment and torture. In the clouds above, angels are seen weeping subtly, their sorrow mingling with the divine light. St. Ogilvie gazes upward in awe—not with fear of death, but with holy fear and reverence for God. His hands are outstretched in prayer. The scene is rendered in the style of an old oil painting, with the halos around St. Ogilvie and the angels made more prominent than is typical—bright and luminous, in the manner of traditional iconography. See more