October 10, 1982 - #Canonization of Maximilian #Kolbe by Pope John Paul II #saint. Maximilian Kolbe (1894-1941) was a Polish Catholic priest, chemist, and publisher who was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp for sheltering Jews during World War II. He died there after volunteering to take the place of another inmate who was sentenced to death. https://activite-paranormale.net/event/read/217/canonization-of-maximilian-kolbe-by-pope-john-paul-ii