Handmade original St. Maximillian Kolbe wooden doll ornament. Perfect for the Christmas Tree. Bring out on his feast day. Gift for a birthday or sacrament (Baptism, First Communion, Confirmation, Holy Orders, Marriage) celebration. Teacher, priest, grandparent gift. Feast Day: August 14 In his youth in Poland, he had a vision from Our Lady who offered him two crowns: the white crown of a life of heroic virtue, and the red crown of martyrdom. He founded a Franciscan community devoted to Mary Immaculate in 1917 before journeying to Japan and India. Returning to Poland in 1941, he was arrested by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz. There he wore a blue striped prisoner outfit with a red triangle for “political prisoner” and offered himself in place of a father selected to die.