Saint Nicholas of Flue. Etching after J.W. Baumgärtner.

  • Baumgartner, Johann Wolfgang, 1712-1761.
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1700-1799
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6704i
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Saint Nicholas of Flue. Etching after J.W. Baumgärtner. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Saint Nicholas of Flüe was born in Flueli, Obwalden, Switzerland. His Latin name is Nicolaus de Rupe, and his German name is Bruder Klaus von Flueli. He was a farmer and politician before he became a hermit in the Ranft ravine, Obwalden. According to his legend, he ate no food for nineteen and a half years. He was beatified in 1669 and canonised in 1947. He is the patron saint of Switzerland. His visions and his prodigious memory have attracted the attention of psychologists

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1700-1799

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