# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nicholas-of-flue
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:55:37.272Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nicholas-of-flue"
name: "Nicholas of Flüe"
slug: "nicholas-of-flue"
description: "Nicholas of Flüe 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. He is known for having fasted for over twenty years. Brother Klaus's counsel to the Diet of Stans (1481) helped prevent war between the Swiss cantons."
tagline: "Hermit, ascetic, patron saint of Switzerland (1417–1487)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nicholas-Flue.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Switzerland"
  isoCode: "CH"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1417"
deathDate: "1487-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.32
  momentum:             1.864628398847912
  historical:           19.38019066666667
  currentAttention:     6.60676532769556
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nikolaus_von_der_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_von_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Niklaus von Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%81_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88"
    title: "نيتشولاس اوف فلو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolau_de_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Nicolau de Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikul%C3%A1%C5%A1_z_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Mikuláš z Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_von_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Niklaus von Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_of_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Nicholas of Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolao_de_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Nikolao de Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_de_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Nicolás de Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Fl%C3%BCel%C3%A4inen"
    title: "Nicolaus Flüeläinen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_de_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Nicolas de Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_iz_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Nikola iz Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fl%C3%BCei_Szent_Mikl%C3%B3s"
    title: "Flüei Szent Miklós"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaus_dari_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Nikolaus dari Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicola_di_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Nicola di Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_de_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Nicolaus de Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_ta'_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Nikola ta' Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas_van_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Nicolaas van Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miko%C5%82aj_z_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Mikołaj z Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolau_de_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Nicolau de Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%B8%D0%B7_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D1%8E%D1%8D"
    title: "Николай из Флюэ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolaus_av_Fl%C3%BCe"
    title: "Nikolaus av Flüe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_wa_Flue"
    title: "Nikola wa Flue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B5"
    title: "Ніклаус фон Флюе"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115550"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump