John Hogg
English priest (1565-1590)
Feast: 27 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
John Hogg was a priest who was put to death at Durham on 27 May 1590, under Elizabeth I, together with Edmund Duke, Richard Hill and Richard Holliday.
In 1913 the Catholic Encyclopedia counted him among the English martyrs whose cause had been admitted at Rome, who were then styled Venerable.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
One of the English martyrs who died for the Catholic faith under Elizabeth I.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Edmund Duke Blessed“The Dryburne Martyrs: Richard Hill, Richard Holiday, John Hogg and Edmund Duke (all died 27 May 1590) were English Roman Catholic priests and martyrs, executed at Dryburne, County Durham, in the reign of Elizabeth I.” — Wikipedia
- Richard Hill Blessed“The Dryburne Martyrs: Richard Hill, Richard Holiday, John Hogg and Edmund Duke (all died 27 May 1590) were English Roman Catholic priests and martyrs, executed at Dryburne, County Durham, in the reign of Elizabeth I.” — Wikipedia
- Richard Holiday Blessed“The Dryburne Martyrs: Richard Hill, Richard Holiday, John Hogg and Edmund Duke (all died 27 May 1590) were English Roman Catholic priests and martyrs, executed at Dryburne, County Durham, in the reign of Elizabeth I.” — Wikipedia
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - English Confessors and Martyrs (1534-1729)
- Roman Martyrology, 27 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q122925845 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — John Hogg (martyr) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.