Nicholas Pieck

Saint
Nicholas Pieck
O.F.M.
Religious, priest and martyr
Born29 August 1534
Gorkum, County of Holland, Holy Roman Empire
Died9 July 1572(1572-07-09) (aged 37)
Brielle, County of Holland
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
(Order of Friars Minor)
Beatified24 November 1675, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement X
Canonized29 June 1867, Rome, Papal States by Pope Pius IX
Major shrineBrielle, South Holland, Netherlands
Feast9 July
AttributesFranciscan habit

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.