. "Swiss hermit and mystic" . "1417Z"^^ . "Saint Nicholas of Fl\u00FCe"@en . . "1487Z"^^ . . "Nicholas Of Flue"@en . . . . . . . "1487-03-21Z"^^ . "Brother Klaus"@en . "Saint Nicholas of Fl\u00FCe (German: Niklaus von Fl\u00FCe) (1417 \u2013 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 . .