This ancient hagiographers, who knew their business concerned themselves with their hero;s death alone. That, after all, was the matter of real importance, for the manner of death determined the martyrdom. I have bowed to the fashion and attempted to trace the life of John Ogilvie, wherever a record of it was left. The details are few, so that intimate knowledge imposible. This ancient hagiographers, who knew their business concerned themselves with their hero;s death alone. That, after all, was the matter of real importance, for the manner of death determined the martyrdom. I have bowed to the fashion and attempted to trace the life of John Ogilvie, wherever a record of it was left. The details are few, so that intimate knowledge imposible.