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Nicholas Pieck
1534Aug, 29

Nicholas Pieck

Nicholas Pieck, Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (d. 1572)
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.

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