288:
50:
499:
487:
463:
475:
255:, 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.
258:
Pieck and eight other
Franciscan friars were confined in a dark and foul dungeon 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
274:
to spare them, and protests from the magistrates of Gorkum, the members of the group were hanged on 9 July 1572 in an old barn at the deserted Ruggen
Monastery on the outskirts of Briel. The execution was clumsily handled; it took two hours for some of them to strangle. They became known as the
259:
until the cord broke, and Father
Nicholas fell to the ground unconscious. 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.
262:
On 6 July they were thrown half-naked into the hold of a ship and removed to
Brielle. Stopping at Dordrecht they were exhibited for money to the curious. At Brielle the commander of the Watergeuzen,
544:
292:
539:
303:
421:
444:
Albers, Petrus
Henricus. "The Martyrs of Gorkum." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 29 May 2013
584:
559:
347:
Heckmann, Ferdinand. "St. Nicholas Pieck." The
Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 29 May 2013
325:, 29 June 1867. For many years the place of their martyrdom in Brielle has been the scene of numerous pilgrimages and processions.
589:
569:
432:
564:
387:
549:
232:
in that town. Nicholas was ordained a priest in 1558, devoting himself to the apostolic ministry. He was appointed
287:
554:
529:
17:
574:
534:
228:, and as soon as he had completed his classical studies he received the habit of the Friars Minor at the
579:
453:
414:
297:
263:
105:
40:
524:
519:
266:, promised them freedom if they would renounce the authority of the pope and belief in the
233:
8:
225:
224:), the son of Jan Pieck and Henriea Clavia, devout Catholics. He was sent to college at
503:
491:
308:
271:
169:
380:
428:
276:
209:
95:
75:
71:
479:
425:
186:
181:
27:
16th-century Dutch Friar Minor and martyr declared a saint by the
Catholic Church
132:
360:
513:
467:
443:
402:
391:
346:
267:
248:
161:
118:
49:
205:
145:
139:
128:
34:
110:
198:
318:
252:
244:
237:
221:
67:
403:
Heckmann, Ferdinand. "St. Nicholas Pieck." The
Catholic Encyclopedia
486:
322:
212:, who were executed for refusal to renounce their faith in 1572.
91:
405:
Vol. 11. New York: Robert
Appleton Company, 1911. 1 April 2016]
229:
174:
154:
201:
124:
251:. In June 1572, the citadel of Gorkum was taken by the
451:
419:, (revised by Pat McCloskey O.F.M.), Franciscan Media
511:
317:Nicholas and his companions were beatified by
247:. In particular, he preached the dogma of the
204:who was one of a group of Catholic clergy and
197:, "Nicolaas" or "Claes Pieck" in Dutch, was a
545:People executed by the Netherlands by hanging
270:. None did. Despite instructions from Prince
417:Saint of the Day: Lives, Lessons, and Feast
376:
374:
372:
342:
340:
338:
540:16th-century Dutch Roman Catholic priests
369:
286:
356:
354:
335:
220:He was born in the town of Gorkum (now
14:
512:
437:
321:, 24 November 1675, and canonized by
408:
351:
144:29 June 1867, Rome, Papal States by
24:
25:
601:
585:Beatifications by Pope Clement X
497:
485:
473:
461:
48:
560:Martyred Roman Catholic priests
365:, Franciscan Herald Press, 1959
396:
13:
1:
590:Canonizations by Pope Pius IX
570:16th-century Christian saints
363:The Franciscan Book of Saints
328:
291:Stained glass windows at the
282:
57:Religious, priest and martyr
7:
565:Dutch Roman Catholic saints
10:
606:
313:and Nicholas Pieck (right)
180:
168:
151:
138:
117:
101:
81:
61:
56:
47:
32:
550:Burials in South Holland
415:Foley O.F.M., Leonard.
243:Pieck preached against
215:
361:Habig O.F.M., Marion.
314:
264:William II de la Marck
195:Nicholas Pieck, O.F.M.
555:Executed Dutch people
530:People from Gorinchem
290:
111:Order of Friars Minor
106:Roman Catholic Church
383:Holiness in Holland
293:Hofkerk (Amsterdam)
240:, his native town.
575:Franciscan martyrs
535:Dutch Friars Minor
424:2013-07-06 at the
315:
272:William the Silent
123:24 November 1675,
580:Franciscan saints
433:978-0-86716-887-7
381:Schaeffer, Fred.
277:Martyrs of Gorkum
236:of the friary in
210:Martyrs of Gorkum
192:
191:
102:Venerated in
96:County of Holland
76:Holy Roman Empire
72:County of Holland
16:(Redirected from
597:
502:
501:
500:
490:
489:
478:
477:
476:
466:
465:
464:
457:
446:
441:
435:
412:
406:
400:
394:
378:
367:
358:
349:
344:
312:
301:
226:'s-Hertogenbosch
187:Franciscan habit
157:
88:
52:
30:
29:
21:
605:
604:
600:
599:
598:
596:
595:
594:
510:
509:
508:
498:
496:
484:
474:
472:
462:
460:
452:
450:
449:
442:
438:
426:Wayback Machine
413:
409:
401:
397:
379:
370:
359:
352:
345:
336:
331:
306:
304:Nicolaas Poppel
295:
285:
218:
152:
108:
90:
86:
66:
43:
39:
37:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
603:
593:
592:
587:
582:
577:
572:
567:
562:
557:
552:
547:
542:
537:
532:
527:
522:
507:
506:
494:
482:
470:
448:
447:
436:
407:
395:
390:2013-07-03 at
368:
350:
333:
332:
330:
327:
284:
281:
217:
214:
190:
189:
184:
178:
177:
172:
166:
165:
158:
149:
148:
142:
136:
135:
133:Pope Clement X
121:
115:
114:
103:
99:
98:
89:(aged 37)
83:
79:
78:
65:29 August 1534
63:
59:
58:
54:
53:
45:
44:
38:Nicholas Pieck
33:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
602:
591:
588:
586:
583:
581:
578:
576:
573:
571:
568:
566:
563:
561:
558:
556:
553:
551:
548:
546:
543:
541:
538:
536:
533:
531:
528:
526:
523:
521:
518:
517:
515:
505:
495:
493:
488:
483:
481:
471:
469:
459:
458:
455:
445:
440:
434:
430:
427:
423:
420:
418:
411:
404:
399:
393:
392:archive.today
389:
386:
384:
377:
375:
373:
366:
364:
357:
355:
348:
343:
341:
339:
334:
326:
324:
320:
310:
305:
299:
294:
289:
280:
278:
273:
269:
268:Real Presence
265:
260:
256:
254:
250:
249:Real Presence
246:
241:
239:
235:
231:
227:
223:
213:
211:
207:
203:
200:
196:
188:
185:
183:
179:
176:
173:
171:
167:
164:, Netherlands
163:
162:South Holland
159:
156:
150:
147:
143:
141:
137:
134:
130:
126:
122:
120:
116:
112:
107:
104:
100:
97:
93:
84:
80:
77:
73:
69:
64:
60:
55:
51:
46:
42:
36:
31:
19:
18:Nicolas Pieck
439:
416:
410:
398:
382:
362:
316:
261:
257:
242:
219:
206:lay brothers
194:
193:
146:Pope Pius IX
129:Papal States
87:(1572-07-09)
525:1572 deaths
520:1534 births
504:Netherlands
492:Catholicism
307: [
296: [
253:Watergeuzen
85:9 July 1572
514:Categories
329:References
283:Veneration
199:Franciscan
182:Attributes
480:Biography
319:Clement X
245:Calvinism
222:Gorinchem
160:Brielle,
140:Canonized
119:Beatified
422:Archived
388:Archived
234:Guardian
454:Portals
323:Pius IX
92:Brielle
468:Saints
431:
385:, 2001
238:Gorkum
230:friary
208:, the
175:9 July
155:shrine
153:Major
68:Gorkum
41:O.F.M.
311:]
302:with
300:]
202:friar
170:Feast
35:Saint
429:ISBN
216:Life
125:Rome
82:Died
62:Born
131:by
516::
371:^
353:^
337:^
309:nl
298:nl
279:.
127:,
94:,
74:,
70:,
456::
113:)
109:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
.jpg)