caption canonized_by death_date death_place canonized_date birth_place feast_day imagesize venerated_in patronage birth_date titles major_shrine image article_title name beatified_date
nicholas the local parish church in sachseln . of flüe , from the altar piece of pope pius xii 21 march 1487 sachseln , switzerland 1947 unterwalden , switzerland 21 -rrb- march -lrb- 25 september in switzerland & germany 205px roman catholicism switzerland , pontifical swiss guards 1417 brother klaus sachseln , switzerland nicholas-flue . jpg nicholas of flüe
 saint nicholas of flüe 1669
nicholas of flüe

saint nicholas of flüe -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 1417 -- 21 march 1487 -rrb- 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 -lrb- 1481 -rrb- helped to prevent war between the swiss cantons .
