Maximilian Kolbe Death Cause and Date

Maximilian Kolbe's Death

Born (Birthday) January 8, 1894

Death Date August 14, 1941

Age of Death 47 years

Cause of Death Lethal Injection

Profession Religious Leader

The religious leader Maximilian Kolbe died at the age of 47. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Beatified by Pope Paul VI in 1971 and later canonized by Pope John Paul II, he heroically took the place of a stranger given a death sentence at the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp.

He was born in Zduńska Wola in the Kingdom of Poland.