Events Tagged: "Nicholas of Flüe"

St. Nicholas of Flüe: Leaves family for hermitage (with wife's permission) - Vision of Christ as pilgrim tests his resolve - Begins 19-year fast - living only on Eucharist

St. Nicholas: Authorities investigate his fasting - Locked under guard for month - survives without food or water - 'The food which nourishes me is the Body of Christ'

St. Nicholas of Flüe: Prevents Swiss civil war at Stans - Deputies accept hermit's compromise when all politics fail - 'Don't make the fence too wide' (limiting foreign alliances)

St. Nicholas dies - 20 years without earthly food verified - Light seen ascending from his cell - Final words: 'I'm going home'