The Unsung St. Nicholases, Martyrs of the English Persecution
Meet the layman and the priest who bore St. Nicholas’s name and defended the faith with ingenuity and grace.
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St. Nicholas Owen — Builder of Secret Hiding Places for Persecuted Priests
As the persecution of Catholics in England grew intense, St. Nicholas put his skill to work for the Church, engineering hiding places for priests around the country.
St. Nicholas Owen, the Martyred Carpenter Saint of the English Persecution
COMMENTARY: The English martyr, whose feast day is today, built ‘priest holes’ to protect persecuted clergy in the 16th and 17th centuries.
St. Nicholas Owen, Builder of Secret Hiding Places for Priests
St. Nicholas Owen, pray for us!
The Little Saint Nicholas Owen
St. Nicholas Owen was, like Jesus himself, only a carpenter, but he displayed a heroism to shame us all.
