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Nicholas Pieck

16th-century Dutch Friar Minor and martyr declared a saint by the Catholic Church

Summary

16th-century Dutch Friar Minor and martyr declared a saint by the Catholic Church

Field	Value
name	Saint
Nicholas Pieck
O.F.M.
birth_date	29 August 1534
death_date
feast_day	9 July
venerated_in	Roman Catholic Church
(Order of Friars Minor)
image	Nicolaas Pieck (1534-1572).jpg
imagesize	260px
birth_place	Gorkum, County of Holland, Holy Roman Empire
death_place	Brielle, County of Holland
titles	Religious, priest and martyr
beatified_date	24 November 1675
beatified_place	Rome, Papal States
beatified_by	Pope Clement X
canonized_date	29 June 1867
canonized_place	Rome, Papal States
canonized_by	Pope Pius IX
attributes	Franciscan habit
major_shrine	Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands

Nicholas Pieck O.F.M. (Order of Friars Minor) Nicholas Pieck, O.F.M., "Nicolaas" or "Claes Pieck" in Dutch, was a Franciscan friar who was one of a group of Catholic clergy and lay brothers, the Martyrs of Gorkum, who were executed for refusal to renounce their faith in 1572.

Life

He was born in the town of Gorkum (now Gorinchem), the son of Jan Pieck and Henriea Clavia, devout Catholics. He was sent to college at 's-Hertogenbosch, and as soon as he had completed his classical studies he received the habit of the Friars Minor at the friary in that town. Nicholas was ordained a priest in 1558, devoting himself to the apostolic ministry. He was appointed Guardian of the friary in Gorkum, his native town.

Pieck preached against Calvinism. In particular, he preached the dogma of the Real Presence. In June 1572, the citadel of Gorkum was taken by the Watergeuzen, who retained 19 of the clergy as prisoners although they had promised to let the inhabitants depart from the town without being molested. For reprisals, because of the city's determined defense, they gathered all the members of the clergy in Gorkum into one prison and took out their grievances against the Spanish crown on the priests and religious.

Pieck and eight other Franciscan friars were confined in a dark and foul dungeon Pieck's two brothers tried to obtain his release, but the guardian would not leave the others. Other priests were captured, bringing the total to 19.

On 6 July they were thrown half-naked into the hold of a ship and removed to Brielle. They became known as the Martyrs of Gorkum.

Veneration

Nicholas and his companions were beatified by Clement X, 24 November 1675, and canonized by Pius IX, 29 June 1867.

References

[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11065b.htm Heckmann, Ferdinand. "St. Nicholas Pieck." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 29 May 2013]
[http://franciscan-sfo.org/sts/S0709nich.htm Habig O.F.M., Marion. ''The Franciscan Book of Saints'', Franciscan Herald Press, 1959]
[http://www.franciscan-ofs.net/cant/canticle0307.htm Schaeffer, Fred. ''Holiness in Holland'', 2001] {{webarchive. link. (2013-07-03)
where they were tortured. Taking the cord which Pieck wore around his waist and putting it around his neck, they first suspended him from a beam and then let him fall heavily to the ground. This torture was continued until the cord broke, and Father Nicholas fell to the ground unconscious.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11065b.htm Heckmann, Ferdinand. "St. Nicholas Pieck." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 1 April 2016]
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