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Maximilian Kolbe
Sign in to saveAlso known as Maximilian Maria Kolbe, Maksymilian Maria Kolbe, Raimund Kolbe, Father Maximilian, Kolbe, Maximillian, Kolbe, Maksymilian, Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Maximilian Kolbe OFMConv.
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Catholic friar who lived from 1894 to 1941 and is venerated as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. He is remembered as a martyr, meaning he died for his faith, making him an important religious figure in Catholic history.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Second Polish Republic
- Place of birth
- Zduńska Wola
- Place of death
- Auschwitz
- Occupation
- friar
- Educated at
- Pontifical Gregorian University
- Languages spoken
- Esperanto
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Award
- Auschwitz Cross
- Field of work
- education
- Image
- Fr.Maximilian Kolbe in 1936.jpg
- Religious order
- Conventual Franciscans
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- described by source
- Wikitólica
- Commons category
- Maksymilian Kolbe
- date of death
- 1941-08-14
- date of birth
- 1894-01-08
- feast day
- August 14
- topic's main category
- Category:Maksymilian Kolbe
- place of detention
- Stalag VIII-B - Lamsdorf
- place of burial
- Auschwitz
- cause of death
- lethal injection
- birth name
- Rajmund Kolbe
- name in native language
- Maksymilian Maria Kolbe
- described at URL
- www.polskieradio24.pl/39/156/Artykul/2354054,Swiety-meczennik-ojciec-Maksymilian-Kolbe
- domain of saint or deity
- blood donor
- manner of death
- homicide
- significant person
- Franciszek Gajowniczek
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Encyclopedic overview
Maximilian Maria Kolbe, OFM Conv. (born Raymund Kolbe; Polish: Maksymilian Maria Kolbe; 8 January 1894 – 14 August 1941) was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, priest, missionary, and martyr. He 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. He had been active in promoting the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, founding and supervising the monastery of Niepokalanów near Warsaw, operating an amateur-radio station (SP3RN), and founding or running several other organizations and publications.
On 10 October 1982, Pope John Paul II canonized Kolbe and declared him a martyr of charity. The Catholic Church venerates him as the patron saint of amateur radio operators, drug addicts, political prisoners, families, journalists, and prisoners. John Paul II declared him "the patron of our difficult century". His feast day is 14 August, the day of his martyrdom.
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