Saint maximilian kolbe biography
Saint maximilian kolbe biography...
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish Franciscan friar, martyr, and saint (1894–1941)
Saint Maximilian Kolbe OFMConv | |
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Kolbe in 1936 | |
| Born | Raymund Kolbe (1894-01-08)8 January 1894 Zduńska Wola, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 14 August 1941(1941-08-14) (aged 47) Auschwitz-Birkenau, Germany |
| Venerated in | |
| Beatified | 17 October 1971, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI |
| Canonized | 10 October 1982, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Major shrine | Basilica of the Omni-mediatress of All Glories |
| Feast | 14 August |
| Attributes | |
| Patronage | prisoners, drug addicts, families, journalists, amateur radio operators, pro-life movement, people with eating disorders[1] |
Maximilian Maria KolbeOFMConv (born Raymund Kolbe; Polish: Maksymilian Maria Kolbe;[a] 8 January 1894 – 14 August 1941) was a Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscanfriar who volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp