St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe Relic Card of Saint - Genuine and Rare For Sale

Saint Maximilian Kolbe-- Polish Poland Catholic Martyr - From Beard Rubbing
This is an authentic relic of Saint Maximilian Kolbe. He was a Franciscan Friar and founder of the Militia Immaculata. It is from Poland and written in Polish, his native tongue. On the front is a photo of the Saint. He was arrested and killed in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Few of his remains survived. Some of his colleagues believing in his sanctity saved trimmings from his beard. The piece of cloth contained in the laminated card was rubbed to those clippings to make it a third class relic.
The prayer cards reads in Polish:"Zdobuc caty swiat dla Chrystusa przez Niepokalana. Sw. Maksymilian Maria Kolbe 1894-1941. Relikwia pochodzi z otarcia materialu o wlosy z btody".
English Translation:"Conquer the whole world for Christ through the Immaculate Virgin Saint Maximilian Maria Kolbe 1894-1941. The relic comes from rubbing the habit material with hair from the beard".
Dimensions:The Laminated Prayer Card measures 3 1/2" x 2 1/8"About the Saint:Saint Maximilian was killed in Auschwitz Concentration Camp in 1941. Nazi camp rules dictated that 10 prisoners be killed for every 1 prisoner who escaped. In 1941, an inmate escaped and 10 innocent men were chosen for death. Saint Maximilian volunteered to trade places with one man, Francis Gajonowiczek, as he had a wife and children. Maximilian and the other 9 men were locked in a room and not given food or water for 3 weeks. The other prisoners died one by one, but the Saint refused to die, singing hymns and praying for his captors continually. After 3 weeks he was given a fatal poisonous injection of acid and murdered. His body was burned and the ashes scattered.Saint Kolbe was declared Blessed in 1971 by Pope Paul VI, and canonized by Saint John Paul II in 1982. He is the patron saint of journalists, media communications, the family and those suffering from addictions.

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