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St Francis of  Assisi was a Franciscan Friar also known as Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardino, he was born in Assisi, Italy 1181 and died at the age of 44 on the 3rd of October, 1226.

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Raymund Kolbe later known as  St. Maximilian Kolbe was born on January 8, 1894 in Poland and died when he was 47 on the 14th August 1941. Saint Maximilian Kolbe was a Franciscan Friar and later canonised as a martyr.

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Growing up St Francis was really rich and spoiled. He lived a luxury life and his father was a wealthy cloth merchant in Assisi. By the age of 14 St francis stopped going to school and was known for partying, drinking and his looks.

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Growing up Saint Kolbe's parents were quite poor. When Maximilian Kolbe was at the age of 20 his father was captured and hung for fighting for Poland to be independent. During his early life St Kolbe was really religious and had a vision of Mother Mary.

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St francis wanted to become a knight so at the age of 19 St francis joined the army. While in the army he was taken as a hostage and was held in prison for a year. After being held hostage for almost a year he started receiving visions from God. After that he was really touched by the word of the lord and decided to change. When he got out of prison he spent most of his time praying, wore normal clothes and was humbled. When he passed he was canonized as a saint on the 16th of July 1228.

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At a very young age St Maximilian Kolbe had a vision of mother mary (quote) "That night I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me. Then she came to me holding two crowns, one white, the other red. She asked me if I was willing to accept either of these crowns. The white one meant that I should persevere in purity, and the red that I should become a martyr. I said that I would accept them both." A year after Saint kolbe had this vision he decided to join the Conventual Franciscans. They gave him the religious name Maximilian and and in 1911 he said his first vows.

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St Francis helped start the Poor Lady organisation with St Clare. He helped the animals and preached to them as well, because of this he was called "Gods fool". St Francis of Assisi also preached to the poor and tried to help much as he could.

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St Maximilian Kolbe helped refugees and the poor. He helped start a hospital he also started monasteries in japan and india which are still popular in the catholic church today. St kolbe had no miracles but he became a saint because he died as a martyr.

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St Kolbe died saving someone else's life. Saint Maximilian Kolbe is the patron saint of drug addicts, prisoners, and families. His feast day is celebrated on the 14th of August.

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St francis has millions of followers around the world. His values were prayer, relationship and living a humbled life. One of St francis miracles was resurrecting a young girl that had died. Her parents begged to see saint francis and when he saw her she woke up. St Francis is the founder of the Franciscan orders and the patron saint of ecologists. His feast day is celebrated on the 4th of October.

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I have learnt that it takes a lot to be someone like St Francis of Assisi or St Maximilian Kolbe because you need to give up a lot of things and personally that would be really hard for me to live a monastic life. Both of their stories are really touching especial how St Maximilian Kolbe gave up his life for someone else and decided to become a martyr. Researching this made me think if they ever doubted themselves or their path. I think the hardest part of becoming a franciscan friar would be giving up your old life and fully being dedicated to live like Jesus

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St Maximilian Kolbe and St francis are very similar in some ways but they also have some differences. Some differences are that St Francis was once very wealthy but decided to be humble but St kolbe was born into a poor family and stayed that way. Saint kolbe was always religious since he was young but St francis later decided to follow god after he had visions. They are similar is some ways because they both followed Jesus footstep, they had holy visions from god and St mary and they were both Franciscan Friars.

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Maximilian Kolbe

https://www.biographyonline.net/spiritual/maximilian-kolbe.html
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=370
St Francis of Assisi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi
https://www.biography.com/people/st-francis-of-assisi-21152679
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=50

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Kolbe's conversion quote
http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=370

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Maximilian Kolbe
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=maximilian+kolbe&safe=strict&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQyLibz8jZAhVGU7wKHSbfCW4Q_AUICigB&biw=1440&bih=828
St Francis of Assisi
https://www.google.com.au/search?safe=strict&biw=1440&bih=828&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=nqGWWpGCGImE8gXW-KXYDw&q=st+francis+of+assisi&oq=st+fr&gs_l=psy-ab.3.0.0i67k1j0l9.52111.52815.0.54368.5.5.0.0.0.0.219.423.2-2.2.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..3.2.421....0.fp2yArVWuuY

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL58g24NgWPIzvBk2IQVES_xC4WTm6-CDI&time_continue=1&v=qYynL7fH0P8

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL58g24NgWPIzvBk2IQVES_xC4WTm6-CDI&v=33H24aw0pig