 He is one of ten 20th-century martyrs who are depicted in statues above the Great West Door of Anglican Westminster Abbey, London.Kolbe's recognition as a Christian martyr generated some controversy within the Catholic Church.While his self-sacrifice at Auschwitz was considered saintly and heroic, he was not killed out of "odium fidei" (hatred of the faith), but as the result of his act of Christian charity toward another man.