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Maximilian Kolbe

Polish Franciscan friar, martyr, and saint (–)

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Maximilian Kolbe


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BornRaymund Kolbe
()8 January
Zduńska Wola, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died14 August () (aged&#;47)
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Germany
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Beatified17 October , Vatican City by Pope Paul VI
Canonized10 October , Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Major shrineBasilica of the Omni-mediatress of All Glories
Feast14 August
Attributes
Patronageprisoners, 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 – 14 August ) 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 of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World Wa Biography of cardinal maximilian kolbe of siena!