Edith Stein (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) was sent to the gas chambers ofAuschwitz on August 9, 1942.
Edith Stein was her birth name.
She became St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.
Edith Stein - Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross - was born October 12, 1891 at Breslaw, Dolnoslaskie, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland).
There are a number of saints named Teresa. As far as I knpw, all died of natural causes except for Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Edith Stein, who was killed in a Nazi concentration camp.
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was born October 12, 1891, at Breslaw, Dolnoslaskie, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) as Edith Stein. There are at least two other saints named Benedicta.
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.
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as Edith Stein, is the patron of: against the death of parents, Europe and martyrs.
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, also known as Edith Stein, is the patron of: against the death of parents, Europe and martyrs.
There are a number of saints named Teresa but the only one who was murdered was Edith Stein - Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She was killed by the Nazis on August 9, 1942, at the Auschwitz concentration camp,
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.
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) was gassed on 9 August 9, 1942, in Oswiecim (a.k.a. Auschwitz), Malopolskie (Poland)