Confessor, hermit; born near Sachseln, Switzerland, 1411; died 1481. He was a cantonal judge who, after many years of married life, became a hermit and was noted for his prophetic powers and his supernatural gift of abstinence from food. Represented as a warrior, or as the champion of the Swiss. Beatified 1669; canonized 1947. Relics in the church of Sachseln. Feast, March 21,.