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Nicholas Owen

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Jesuit lay brother and martyr

Lived 1550 to 1606 · aged 56
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, 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.

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A priest hole in the staircase made by Nicholas Owen in a 16th-century manor-house, Harvington Hall, Worcestershire.A priest hole in the staircase made by Nicholas Owen in a 16th-century manor-house, Harvington Hall, Worcestershire.Another priest hole made by Nicholas Owen in the library in Harvington HallAnother priest hole made by Nicholas Owen in the library in Harvington HallThe same priest hole inside.The same priest hole inside.

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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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Lived 1550 to 1606 · aged 56
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