Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross |
Edith Stein was born to a Jewish family in Breslau, Germany in the year 1891. A brilliant philosopher, she converted to Catholicism at the age of 31 and entered the Carmel of Cologne in 1933. She suffered martyrdom at the hand of the Nazis in 1942. Her feastday is August 9. |
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