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Saint Maximilian Kolbe is one of five Saints painted for a private commission.
This artwork depicts the two crowns offered him in a vision early in life (martyrdom and purity); the first edition of the magazine he started, Knights of the Immaculata, which reached a circulation of 1,000,000 per month; and the badge the Nazis forced him to wear in Auschwitz, where he volunteered to take the place of a man randomly chosen to be executed, who because of St. Kolbe’s sacrifice survived World War II and got to see his wife again.
Saint Maximillian Kolbe by Ruth Stricklin, 2025 copyright New Jerusalem Studios LLC.
