Nicholas Pieck Saint

Nicholas Pieck, O.F.M., was a Franciscan friar who one of a group of Catholic clergy and lay brothers who were executed for refusal to renounce their faith in 1579.

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Nicholas Pieck
Birth dateAugust 29, 1534
Birth place
Netherlands , Southern Netherlands , Spanish Empire , Gorinchem
Date of deathJuly 09, 1572
Place of death
Southern Netherlands , Spanish Empire , Brielle
TitleReligious priest and martyr

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beatified by
Pope Clement X
beatified dateNovember 24, 1675
beatified place
Rome
Papal States
canonized by
Pope Pius IX
canonized dateJune 29, 1867
canonized place
Rome
Papal States
major shrine
Netherlands
South Holland
Brielle
venerated in
Franciscan
Catholic Church

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