Nicholas Pieck

Saint Nicholas Pieck O.F.M.
Religious, priest and martyr
Born	29 August 1534 Gorkum, County of Holland, Holy Roman Empire
Died	9 July 1572(1572-07-09) (aged 37) Brielle, County of Holland
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church (Order of Friars Minor)
Beatified	24 November 1675, Rome, Papal States by Pope Clement X
Canonized	29 June 1867, Rome, Papal States by Pope Pius IX
Major shrine	Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands
Feast	9 July
Attributes	Franciscan 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.