Saint of the Day for August 14
Saint of the Day
Liturgical calendar Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest and Martyr
Maximilian Kolbe
Priest and Martyr
Maximilian Maria Kolbe, OFM Conv. was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, priest, missionary, and martyr. He volunteered to die in place of a man named Franciszek Gajowniczek in the German death camp of Auschwitz, located in German-occupied Poland during World War II. He had been active in promoting the veneration of the Immaculate Virgin Mary, founding and supervising the monastery of Niepokalanów near Warsaw, operating an amateur-radio station (SP3RN), and founding or running several other organizations and publications.
Other saints and blesseds of the day
- Micahbiblical prophet associated with the Book of Micah
- martyrs of OtrantoItalian saints
- Arnold of SoissonsFrench bishop and saint (1040-1087)
- Domingo Ibáñez de ErquiciaDominican priest (1589-1633)
- Eusebius of RomeRoman Catholic saint (c.319 - c.357)
- Werenfried
- FachtnaFounder of the Irish monastery of Rosscarbery
Bible Verse of the Day
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
On August 14 the Church remembers several saints and blesseds. Every day of the year has its saints: browse them all in the saints calendar.