Talk:Maximilian Kolbe

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1 Photo request
2 Redundant patronage?
3 Sample Prayer
4 Beard Relic
5 Antisemitism

[edit] Photo request

Why no picture? We need a photo of St. Max. He was a very handsome man, too. What a human being. That man did more for hope than a million cynics could do in one day!

[edit] Redundant patronage?

Among those to whom he serves as patron saint are listed "imprisoned people" and "prisoners". Can the difference between the two be clarified? --Anivron 07:21, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

According to http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintm01.htm he is the patron saint of prisoners, and political-prisoners. Does that help?

[edit] Sample Prayer

I recently redid the infobox using the infobox template. At that time, I left the existing prayer in the Sample Prayer Column. When I looked at the Infobox Saints template, it says:

   prayer        A prayer by the saint, or a characteristic prayer to the saint.
   prayer_attrib Source or description of the prayer. The purpose of the prayer is to show a
                       well-known work by the saint, or to illustrate the beliefs of the faith
                       community that venerates him or her. The prayer will therefore not be 
                       displayed unless this parameter is present.

St. Kolbe is famous for his devotion to Mary as the Immaculate Conception. He is well known as the founder of the religious movement called the Militia of the Immaculata movement of Marian Consecration, usually shortened to the MI. Thus it seems to me that it would naturally follow that the prayer composed by him titled the Solemn Act of Consecration to the Immaculate would characterise him better than the present prayer, which is a part of the Chaplet for the Intercession of St. Kolbe. Thus I post this asking your opinion. Do you think that it would be good if the present prayer is replaced with the Act of Consecration, or let them both be included? Yours, Savio mit electronics 05:02, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Beard Relic

Here (in the fifth post from the top) is a great story about St. Kolbe's beard. Too bad it can't be cited as a verifiable source (it is on a bulletin board). Does anyone have a verifiable source for this story, like a book or some other website that is not a forum? Yours, Savio mit electronics 05:06, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Antisemitism

Hello. Your article about Kolbe doesn't say anything about his antisemitistic attitude that he had and that makes Kolbe such an ambivalent and interresting historic person. If you understand German you should take a look at the article in the German WP. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.180.8.101 (talk) 21:33, 18 March 2007 (UTC).

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