Maximilian Kolbe

Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)

SS officer (1903-1945)

Niepokalanów monastery (so called City of the Immaculate Mother of God) is a Roman Catholic religious community situated in Teresin (near the Warsaw-Łowicz railway line, about 42 km to the west from the capital of Poland). It was founded in autumn 1927 by Friar Minor Conventual – Maximilian Kolbe, who was later canonized as a saint-martyr of the Catholic Church. thumbtime=1|thumb|240px|Presbytery and the southern wing of the basilica in Niepokalanów thumb|240px|Radio building (2025) thumb|240px|Replica of St Maximilian's room thumb|240px|Old wooden chapel (1927-29) thumb|240px|Niepokalanów – p

Polish Army officer (1901–1995)

association of the faithful

periodical literature