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Biography of Saint Maximilian Kolbe
Saint Maximilian Kolbe was a Polish Conventual Franciscan Friar. During the German occupation of Poland, he remained at Niepokalanów a monastery which published a number of anti-Nazi German publications. In 1941, he was arrested and sent to Auschwitz, where in terrible circumstances he continued to work as a priest and offer solace to fellow inmates. When the Nazi guards selected 10 people to be starved to death in punishment, Kolbe volunteered to die in place of a stranger. He was later canonised as a martyr.
Early Life
Raymund Kolbe was born on 8 January 1894 In Zdunska Wola, in the Kingdom of Poland (then part of the Russian Empire). His father was an ethnic German and his mother Polish. His parents were relatively poor, and in 1914 his father was captured by the Russians and hanged for his part in fighting for an independent Poland.
Raymund developed a strong religious yearning from an early life. He recounts an early childhood vision of the Virgin Mary. This vision was significant because he chose both the path of sanctity and also to follow the path of a martyr.
“That night, I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me, a Child of Faith. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me
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Saint Sebastian
3rd-century Christian saint and martyr
"Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" redirects here. For other uses, see The Martyrdom of St Sebastian.
"Sebastián" redirects here. For other uses, see Sebastian (name).
For other uses, see Saint Sebastian (disambiguation).
Saint Sebastian | |
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Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, by Il Sodoma, c. 1525 | |
| Born | c. AD 255 Narbo Martius, Gallia Narbonensis, Roman Empire |
| Died | c. AD 288 (aged approximately 32) Rome, Italia, Roman Empire |
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| Major shrine | San Sebastiano fuori le muraItaly |
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| Attributes | Tied to a post, pillar or a tree, shot by arrows |
| Patronage | Soldiers; plague-stricken; archers; disabled peoples; athletes; cyclists; Negombo, Sri Lanka; Archdiocese of Lipa; Diocese of Tarlac; Diocese of Bacolod; Chiapa de Corzo, Mixtlán, Mexico; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Lumban, Laguna, Philippines; Borbon, Cebu, Philippines; Pucallpa, Peru; Taquaritinga, Brazil; Ribeirão Preto, Brazil; Győr, Hungary; Cusco, Peru; Loja, Ecuador; Rome, Italy |
Sebastian (Latin: Sebastianus; c. AD 255 – c. AD 288) was an earl
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St Augustine
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