Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Also known as: Apostle of Consecration to Mary; Maksymilian Maria; Massimiliano Maria Kolbe; Maximilian Mary Kolbe; Rajmund Kolbe; Raymond Kolbe; prisoner 16670
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
August 14
Born
January 7, 1894
Died
August 14, 1941
Canonized
10 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
17 October 1971 by Pope Paul VI
Biography
Saint Maximilian Kolbe, also known as the Apostle of Consecration to Mary, was born as Raymond Kolbe on January 7, 1894, in Zdunska Wola, a town in Russian-occupied Poland. He was the second of three sons born into a poor, devoutly Catholic family. His parents, Julius and Marianne Dabrowska, were both Franciscan lay tertiaries and worked as weavers....