Saint Nicholas Owen | |
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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Nicholas_Owen_in_the_manacles.jpg) The torture of Saint Nicholas Owen, S.J. an engraving by Melchior Küsel (17th century) | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | c. 1562 Oxford, England |
| Died | 1/2 March 1606 (aged 43 - 44) Tower of London, England |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI |
| Canonized | 25 October 1970 by Pope Paul VI |
| Feast | 22 March (individual) 4 May (Forty Martyrs) |
Nicholas Owen, S.J., (c. 1562 – 1/2 March 1606) was an English Jesuit lay brother who was the principal builder of priest holes during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I of England.[1] Owen built many priest holes in the buildings of English Catholics from 1588 until his final arrest in 1606, when he was tortured to death by prison authorities in the Tower of London. Owen is honoured as a martyr by the Catholic Church and was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970.[2]
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ Reynolds, Tony. "St Nicholas Owen: Priest-Hole Maker" Gracewing 2014