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Nicholas Owen

Jesuit lay brother and martyr

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Lived 1550–1606, aged 56
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    1550–1606
    Aged 56
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Updated 2026-07-05

Nicholas Owen, S.J., was an English Jesuit lay brother who was the principal builder of priest holes during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I of England. Owen built many priest holes in the buildings of English Catholics from 1588 until his final arrest in 1606, when he was tortured to death by prison authorities in the Tower of London. Owen is honoured as a martyr by the Catholic Church and was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970.

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