1534
Nicholas Pieck, Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (died 1572)
Nicholas Pieck, Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (died 1572)
Nicholas Pieck, Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (died 1572)
Nicholas Pieck
16th-century Dutch Friar Minor and martyr declared a saint by the Catholic Church
- Born
- 1534
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.