Category:Saint Maximilian Kolbe

Saint Maximilian Kolbe, O.F.M., Polish Conventual Franciscan friar - Religious, priest, and martyr Born: 8 January 1894 in Zduńska Wola, Kingdom of Poland, Russian Empire Died: 14 August 1941 (aged 47) in Auschwitz concentration camp, General Government, Third Reich (Nazi-occupied Poland) Honored in: Roman Catholic Church, Lutheran Church, Anglican Church Beatified: 17 October 1971, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope Paul VI Canonized: 10 October 1982, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II Major shrine: Basilica of the Immaculate Mediatrix of Grace, Niepokalanów, Teresin, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland Feast: 14 August Attributes: Prison uniform, needle being injected into an arm Patronage: Against drug addictions, drug addicts, families, imprisoned people, journalists, political prisoners, prisoners, pro-life movement, amateur radio.

Saint Maximilian Kolbe was born in Poland and was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp after he volunteered to take the place of a man that had a family who had been ordered to be killed. He was beatified by Pope Paul VI as a Confessor of the Faith and is also known as the Apostle of Consecration to Mary.