Saint Maximilian Kolbe: Mary's Knight (Encounter the Saints)

by Patricia E. Jablonski Author

(From Amazon): Maximilian was born in 1894 in Poland and became a Franciscan. Before his ordination as a priest, Maximilian founded the Immaculata Movement devoted to Our Lady. After the Nazi invasion in 1939, he was imprisoned and released for a time. But in 1941 he was arrested again and sent to the concentration camp at Auschwitz. On July 31, 1941, in reprisal for one prisoner s escape, ten men were chosen to die. Father Kolbe offered himself in place of a young husband and father. And he was the last to die, enduring two weeks of starvation, thirst, and neglect. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1981. His feast day is August 14th. Author: Patricia JablonskiPages: 120, Paperback Publisher: Pauline Books and Media ISBN: 0-89555-424-0