Painting of Saint Maximillian Kolbe
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Date
1976
Description
Painting of Saint Maximillian Kolbe, a Polish Catholic priest who died on August 14, 1941 at Auschwitz when he offered to die in the place of another incarcerated individual, Franciszek Gajowniczek. On Kolbe's right arm there are two crowns, one red, one white, referencing a vision of the Virgin Mary that Kolbe had in his youth. He also holds both his own jacket (#16670) as well as Gajowniczek's (#5659). He was canonized as a saint by Pope John Paul II on October 10, 1982.
Type
Image
Region
Global
Topic
Genocide, Global History and Geography, World War II
Repository
Unknown
Source
Accessed at Franciscan Friars Conventual of the Our Lady of the Angels Province: https://www.olaprovince.org/category/mi/page/10/
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