Maximilian Kolbe
Polish priest
Maximilian Maria Kolbe OFMConv 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... Wikipedia
Born: January 8, 1894, Zduńska Wola, Poland
Died: August 14, 1941 (age 47 years), Auschwitz concentration camp, Oświęcim, Poland
Siblings: Franciszek Kolbe, Andrzej Kolbe, and Walenty Kolbe
Parents: Maria Dąbrowska and Juliusz Kolbe
Major shrine: Basilica of the Omni-mediatress of All Glories
Venerated in: Catholic Church; Anglican Communion; Lutheran Church
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