The future patron saint of prisoners, drug addicts and journalists was born in Poland on Jan. 8, 1894, as Raymund Kolbe, the second son of Julius Kolbe and Maria Dąbrowska.

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St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, patron saint of journalists, prisoners, and drug addicts, was a Polish priest who was murdered in Auschwitz after volunteering to die in the place of another.

St. Nicholas—the patron saint of prisoners—is also said to have stopped an execution simply by walking up and grabbing the ...

He is also the patron saint of prisoners, among other groups. He died of natural causes around the year 559, and many Catholic churches have been dedicated to him throughout Europe. __ ...

He is also the patron saint of prisoners, among other groups. He died of natural causes around the year 559, and many Catholic churches have been dedicated to him throughout Europe. __ ...

He is also the patron saint of prisoners, among other groups. He died of natural causes around the year 559, and many Catholic churches have been dedicated to him throughout Europe.