 His remains were cremated on 15 August, the feast day of the Assumption of Mary.On 12 May 1955 Kolbe was recognized by the Vatican as a Servant of God.Kolbe was declared venerable by Pope Paul VI on 30 January 1969, beatified as a Confessor of the Faith by the same Pope in 1971, and canonized as a saint by Pope John Paul II on 10 October 1982.