The   cause   of   martyrs   such   as   John   Ogilvie   lay   dormant   for many   years   until   revived   at   the   close   of   the   19 th    Century and     a     process     of     investigating     extensive     historical evidence   was   opened   by   the   Vatican,   paving   the   way   for the   beatification   of   this   man   from   Keith,   by   Pope   Pius   XI in    1929.    Nothing    much    happened    about    the    next    step towards   him   being   proclaimed   a   Saint   until   in   the   early 1960s   the   Cause   of   the   English   Martyrs,   or   at   least   40   of them,    began    to    revive    with    the    appointment    of    an energetic    young    Jesuit,    Fr    Paolo    Molinari,    as    Postural General     in     Rome.     With     his     investigations     came     the possibility   of   re-opening   the   Cause   of   Ogilvie.   Scots   Jesuits Father    James    Quinn    and    Father    Thomas    Reilly,    great supporters   of   the   Ogilvie   cause,   were   appointed   to   form   a National   Council   composed   of   priests   to   investigate   what devotion   existed   in   Scotland   to   John   Ogilvie,   and   armed with   a   consignment   of   300,000   medals   the   committee   set about promoting prayers for his Canonisation. Of   course,   to   pave   the   way   for   sainthood   a   miracle   would be   needed.   Father   Reilly   and   Father   John   Fitzgibbon   ran   a large     parish     in     Glasgow’s     Easterhouse     dedicated     to Blessed    John    Ogilvie,    and    in    their    congregation    was    a docker   called   John   Fagan   who   in   1965   was   diagnosed   as having   stomach   cancer.   An   operation   removed   part   of   his stomach    but    from    X-rays    afterwards    doctors    declared they   had   done   all   they   could.   The   cancer   cells   remained and,    they    said,    the    tumour    would    return,    which    it    did seven months later. It   was   decided   that   surgery   would   kill   him.   His   wife   Mary was    told:    “There    is    nothing    more    we    can    do    for    your husband.   Take   him   home   and   be   good   to   him.”   His   GP   noted how   the   mass   in   his   patient’s   abdomen   was   growing   ever bigger.   Mr   Fagan   was   in   continuous   pain.   In   January,   1967, Father   Fitzgibbon   administered   the   Last   Rites   and   he   gave a   medal   of   Blessed   John   Ogilvie   to   Mrs   Fagan,   suggesting she   pin   it   to   her   husband’s   pyjamas.   Parishioners   prayed to Blessed John for him. In   March,   John   Fagan   was   said   to   be   hours   away   from death   and   the   GP   declared   there   was   nothing   more   he could   do.   He   expected   to   return   the   next   day   to   sign   the death    certificate.    The    Legion    of    Mary    and    neighbours joined   the   Fagan   family   at   the   bedside   to   pray.   After   they had   gone,   Mrs   Fagan   kept   a   quiet   vigil   as   John   slipped   in and   out   of   consciousness.   At   six   in   the   morning   she   woke and   felt   the   room   cold.   She   checked   her   husband’s   pulse and    heartbeat,    there    was    neither.    She    slumped    in    her chair,   heads   in   her   hands,   and   dozed   off.   She   was   woken by a voice declaring “Mary, I’m hungry” . It    took    five    years    of    intensive    medical    investigations, checking     of     all     hospital     and     medical     records,     and examinations    by    the    Church    in    Scotland    and    in    Rome before    it    was    officially    confirmed    that    there    was    no natural explanation for John Fagan’s recovery. In   October,   1975,   the   Congregation   of   Cardinals   in   Rome accepted   that   a   miracle   had   taken   place   and   in   May,   1976, approval   came   for   the   Blessed   John   Ogilvie   to   be   made   a Saint.