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Maximilian Maria Kolbe OFMConv (born Raymund Kolbe; Polish: Maksymilian Maria Kolbe; 1894–1941) was a Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II.
- 10 October 1982, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Mar 19, 2024 · St. Maksymilian Maria Kolbe (born January 8, 1894, Zduńska Wola, near Lodz, Russian Empire [now in Poland]—died August 14, 1941, Auschwitz [now Oświęcim]; feast day August 14) ; canonized October 10, 1982) was a Franciscan priest and religious founder martyred by the Nazis for aiding Jewish refugees during World War II.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 14, 2021 · Learn how the Polish priest voluntarily died in place of a Jew at Auschwitz in 1941, when he was 47, and became a Blessed and a martyr in the Catholic Church. Read the stories of his life, his charity, his prayer and his legacy, as celebrated by the Pope and the Church on his feast day.
Learn about the life, death, and legacy of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish Franciscan priest and martyr who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in Auschwitz. Find out how he promoted the Immaculate Virgin Mary, founded religious publications and monasteries, and became a patron of drug addicts, prisoners, families, and the pro-life movement.
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Learn about the life and heroic death of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest who voluntarily offered himself to save a fellow prisoner of Auschwitz and was canonized by the Catholic Church in 1982. Discover his childhood, his Franciscan formation, his love for the Immaculate, and his martyrdom for Christ.
Learn how a first-class relic of St. Maximilian Kolbe, the priest who gave his life for another inmate at Auschwitz, ended up at St. Ita Parish in Chicago. Discover the story of his martyrdom, his friendship with a barber who saved his beard trimmings, and his connection with the Conventual Franciscans.
Learn about the life and martyrdom of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish Franciscan Friar who voluntarily died in place of a Jew in Auschwitz. Find out how he became a martyr, a missionary, a writer and a leader of the Militia Immaculata.
