Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Maximilian Kolbe across 6 places, from 1894 to 1936.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Maximilian Maria Kolbe, OFM Conv. (born Raymund Kolbe; 8 January 1894 – 14 August 1941) was a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, priest, missionary, and martyr.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Maximilian Kolbe was documented, and when
8 January 1894exact date
Zduńska Wolaattested“Raymund Kolbe was born on 8 January 1894 in Zduńska Wola, in the Kingdom of Poland, then a puppet state of the Russian Empire.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
8 January 1894exact date
Congress Polandattested“Raymund Kolbe was born on 8 January 1894 in Zduńska Wola, in the Kingdom of Poland, then a puppet state of the Russian Empire.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
1912year
Romeattested“The Franciscans sent Kolbe to Rome in 1912 to attend the Pontifical Gregorian University.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
1931year
Nagasakiattested“In 1931, Kolbe founded a Franciscan monastery, Mugenzai no Sono (, ), outside Nagasaki.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
1932year
Japanattested“In mid-1932, Kolbe left Japan for Malabar, then part of British India, where he founded another monastery.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
1936year
Polandattested“Kolbe returned to Japan and remained there until called back to attend the Provincial Chapter in Poland in 1936.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
1936year
Japanattested“Kolbe returned to Japan and remained there until called back to attend the Provincial Chapter in Poland in 1936.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
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1919year
Romementioned“Bonaventure in Rome, where he earned a doctorate in theology in either 1919 or 1922.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
July 1919month
Krakówmentioned“In July 1919, after the end of World War I, he returned to Poland to teach at the Kraków Seminary.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
July 1919month
Polandmentioned“In July 1919, after the end of World War I, he returned to Poland to teach at the Kraków Seminary.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
1922 to 1926period
Grodnomentioned“From 1922 to 1926, he operated a religious publishing press in Grodno in present-day Belarus.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
1927year
Niepokalanówmentioned“As his activities grew in scope, in 1927 he founded a new Conventual Franciscan monastery at Niepokalanów near Warsaw.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
1927year
Warsawmentioned“As his activities grew in scope, in 1927 he founded a new Conventual Franciscan monastery at Niepokalanów near Warsaw.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
1930 to 1941period
Niepokalanówmentioned“First-class relics of Kolbe exist, in the form of hairs from his head and beard, preserved without his knowledge by two friars at Niepokalanów who served as barbers in his friary between 1930 and 1941.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
1933year
Krakówmentioned“Kolbe returned to Poland in 1933 for a general chapter of the order in Kraków.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
1933year
Polandmentioned“Kolbe returned to Poland in 1933 for a general chapter of the order in Kraków.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
1938year
Niepokalanówmentioned“In 1938, he started a radio station at Niepokalanów, Radio Niepokalanów.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
28 May 1941exact date
Auschwitz concentration campmentioned“On 28 May 1941, the Germans transferred Kolbe to the Auschwitz concentration camp as prisoner 16670.”source: Wikipedia: Maximilian Kolbe
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