Brother Klaus

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Catholic saint Roman Catholic Swiss person hermit human mystic peacemaker political advisor soldier

Brother Klaus, also known as Nicholas of Flüe, was a 15th-century Swiss hermit, mystic, and patron saint of Switzerland renowned for his spiritual counsel and role in maintaining peace in the Swiss Confederation.

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Bruder Klaus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic saint ⓘ
Roman Catholic ⓘ
Swiss person ⓘ
hermit ⓘ
human ⓘ
mystic ⓘ
peacemaker ⓘ
political advisor ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
burialPlace Sachseln, Obwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
canonizationStatus canonized saint ⓘ
canonizedBy Pope Pius XII NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Old Swiss Confederacy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1417-03-21 ⓘ
dateOfCanonization 1947-05-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1487-03-21 ⓘ
feastDay 03-21 ⓘ
09-25 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
hasName Bruder Klaus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nicholas of Flüe NERFINISHED ⓘ
Niklaus von Flüe NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Swiss political leaders ⓘ
peace settlement of the Stanser Verkommnis ⓘ
knownFor austere ascetic life ⓘ
role in maintaining peace in the Swiss Confederation ⓘ
spiritual counsel ⓘ
visionary experiences ⓘ
languageSpoken High Alemannic German NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryService Swiss Confederation forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfChildren 10 ⓘ
occupation counselor ⓘ
farmer ⓘ
hermit ⓘ
judge ⓘ
mystic ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
participatedIn Old Zürich War NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronage Swiss Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth Flüeli, Sachseln, Obwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ranft, Sachseln, Obwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionActive Obwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Swiss Confederation NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
residence Flüeli, Sachseln, Obwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ranft, Sachseln, Obwalden NERFINISHED ⓘ
spiritualPractice contemplative prayer ⓘ
extreme fasting ⓘ
spouse Dorothea Wyss NERFINISHED ⓘ
title patron saint of Switzerland ⓘ
veneratedIn Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nicholas of Flüe → name → Brother Klaus ⓘ
Bruder Klaus Field Chapel → dedicatedTo → Brother Klaus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bruder Klaus