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Polish Catholic priest and Conventual Franciscan friar
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- Maximilian Kolbe OFMConv (born Raymund Kolbe; Polish: Maksymilian Maria Kolbe; [a] 8 January 1894 – 14 August 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.
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Raymund Kolbe was born on 8 January 1894 in Zduńska Wola, in the Kingdom of Poland, which was then part of the Russian Empire. He was the second son of weaver Julius Kolbe and midwife Maria Dąbrowska. [7] His father was an ethnic German, [8] and his mother was Polish.
Oct 19, 2024 · Saint Maksymilian Maria Kolbe, Franciscan priest and religious founder who was martyred by the Nazis for aiding Jewish refugees during World War II. He was a fervent devotee of the Virgin Mary and founded devotional associations in Poland, Japan, and India.
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2 days ago · Father Kolbe was beatified as Confessor of the Faith by Pope Paul VI in 1971 and canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1982. He became the first Polish martyr of the Second World War to be raised to the altars.
Aug 14, 2021 · The Catholic Church on Saturday celebrated the feast of Polish martyr, St. Maximilian Kolbe. The 47-year-old Franciscan Conventual priest volunteered to die in place of a stranger 80 years ago on August 14, at the German Nazi concentration and death camp of Auschwitz in Poland.
Known throughout his life as the “Knight of the Immaculata,” St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, OFM Conv., was born in Poland in 1894. When he was about ten years old, the Immaculate Virgin appeared to him and offered him two symbolic crowns: the white crown of chastity and the red crown of martyrdom.
It was here that Father Kolbe, implemented broader plans to establish the Militia of the Immaculata (MI), a spiritual army explicitly founded to battle Communism and Freemasonry, which were taking hold in Russia and Europe. Specifically he desired through the MI to bring the whole world to God under Christ through the generalship of Mary.
Father Kolbe worked to inspire faith and hope in his fellow inmates. He charitably responded to the guards’ harsh treatment, heard fellow inmates’ confessions, and prayed with them. Father Kolbe was transferred to Auschwitz as prisoner #16670 on May 28 and continued to minister to others.
