Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe
Maximilian Mary Kolbe was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the German death camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II.
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calendar feast
Feast of Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe on August 14
- also known asRaymond Kolbe
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bornJanuary 7, 1894diedAugust 14, 1941
- beatifiedOctober 17, 1971
- canonizedOctober 10, 1982
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