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She was canonized on October 11, 1998 by Pope John Paul II.
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Saint Edith Stein was canonized on October 11, 1998, by Pope John Paul II. She was a Jewish philosopher who converted to Catholicism and later became a Carmelite nun. She was killed in Auschwitz during World War II.
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Is there a saint named Edie or Edith?
Yes, St. Edith Stein, also known as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, was a Jewish convert to Catholicism and a Carmelite nun who died in the Holocaust. She is considered a martyr and canonized saint in the Catholic Church.
Is there a saint named Edie?
There is a Saint Edith Stein. Edie is a nickname for Edith.
What is Saint Edith Stein the patron saint of?
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as Edith Stein, is the patron of: against the death of parents, Europe and martyrs.
Who is St. Edith Stein the patron saint of?
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as Edith Stein, is the patron of: against the death of parents, Europe and martyrs.
How did Edith Stein die?
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) was gassed on 9 August 9, 1942, in Oswiecim (a.k.a. Auschwitz), Malopolskie (Poland)
What was Saint Teresa Benedicta's real name?
Edith Stein was her birth name.
Who did Saint Edith Stein become?
She became St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.
What was Edith Stein's faith?
Roman Catholic.Edith Stein was Jewish by ethnicity, born in Breslau, (now Wrocław) in the German Empire's Prussian Providence of Silesia, and raised in the Jewish faith. By the time she reached her adolescent, she regarded herself as an Atheist.After reading the biography of St. Theresa of Avila, Edith converted to the Catholic faith, and was Baptised on January 1, 1922. In 1933, Edith entered a CarmeliteOrder in Colene. In 1942, Edith and her sister, Rosa (also a convert) were arrested and shipped to Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Edith and her sister were killed in the gas chambers, on August 9, 1947; Edith was 50.Edith Stein was canonized in 1998 by Pope John Paul II, and is now known as, Saint Edith Stein.
What is Edith Stein's birthday?
Edith Stein was born on October 12, 1891.
When was Edith Stein born?
Edith Stein was born on October 12, 1891.
When did Saint Edith Stein die?
Edith Stein died on August 9, 1942 at the age of 50.
Was Edith Stein a doctor of the Roman Catholic Church?
Roman Catholic AnswerNo, Saint Teresia Benedicta of the Cross was declared a saint and martyr by Pope Blessed John Paul II, and named one of the co-patrons of Europe.
