Saint Nicholas Owen S.J. (died 1606) was a Jesuit lay brother who built numerous priest holes during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England. After his final arrest he was tortured to death by prison authorities in the Tower of London. He is honoured as a martyr by the Catholic Church and was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1970.
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