Nicolaus de flue eremita

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Script: Latin

Lettering:
1467
NICOLAVS DE FLUE EREMITA
1967
900 +M AS

Engraver: S. A.

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Plain

Comment

Nicholas of Flüe, born in 1417 in Sachseln and died on 21 March 1487 in the same town, was a Swiss ascetic and is considered the patron saint of Switzerland. In 1467, he left his wife and children and became a hermit, and was venerated shortly after his death.