Nikolaus von Flüe (1417-1487)
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/60493
- Name (English)
- Nikolaus von Flüe
- Short name
- Nicholas of Flüe
- Year of birth
- 1417
- Year of death
- 1487
- Short Description
- "Nicholas of Flüe (German: Niklaus von Flüe; 1417 – 21 March 1487) was a Swiss hermit and ascetic who is the patron saint of Switzerland. He is sometimes invoked as Brother Klaus. A farmer, military leader, member of the assembly, councillor, judge and mystic, he was respected as a man of complete moral integrity. Brother Klaus's counsel to the Diet of Stans (1481) helped to prevent war between the Swiss cantons." - (en.wikipedia.org 11.08.2021)
- Entity Encoding
- piz
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