Aug 14

Saint MaximilianKolbe

August 14th XX century

Polish Franciscan priest who was murdered by the Nazis in a concentration camp, after voluntarily giving himself in exchange of a family's father's life.
Name
Maximiliano (Masculino)
Celebrate
People named Maximiliano use to celebrate 12-Mar:
Saint Maximilian of Tebessa
Other saints
Other saints named Maximiliano
Secular name
Ramón Kolbe
Born
January 8th 1894 en Pabiance, in current Poland
Dead
August 14th 1941 in Auschwitz, in current Poland
Process
Celebration
August 14th
Religious
de la Orden de Frailes Menores