Edith Stein
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (12 October 1891 – 9 August 1942), commonly known as Edith Stein, is a Catholic saint and martyr. Stein was a Jew at birth but converted to Catholicism in 1922. Eleven years later, in 1933, she became a nun. She was a victim of the Holocaust; she was executed by Nazis in a gas chamber at Auschwitz in 1942.[1][2][3]
| Teresa Benedicta of the Cross | |
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| Saint and Martyr | |
| Born | 12 October 1891, Breslau, German Empire |
| Died | 9 August 1942, Auschwitz |
| Beatified | 1 May 1987, Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 11 October 1998, St. Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | August 9 |
Stein was one of the most important philosophers on Earth during her adult life.[1] Her work focused on phenomenology and the views of metaphysics held by Thomas Aquinas.[1]
After her death, she was honored by the Roman Catholic Church. On 1 May 1987, Pope John Paul II beatified Stein while visiting Cologne.[4] About eleven years later, on 11 October 1998, Pope John Paul II canonized her.[1][2][3][5]
Edith Stein Media
Icon in Bad Bergzabern. The scroll shows a quote from her works: "The innermost essence of love is self-offering. The entryway to all things is the Cross"
Memorial to Edith Stein in Stella Maris Monastery, Haifa, Israel
The Martyrdom of Edith Stein depicted in a stained glass work by Alois Plum, in Kassel, Germany
Memorial to Edith Stein in Prague, Czech Republic
Edith Stein in a relief by Heinrich Schreiber in the Church of Our Lady in Wittenberg, Germany
Sculpture near her baptismal church in Bad Bergzabern
Stolperstein for Edith Stein at the location of the former Carmelite monastery in Köln-Lindenthal
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Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Szanto, Thomas (18 March 2020). "Edith Stein". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "St. Edith Stein - Saints & Angels". Catholic Online. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Edith Stein". Encyclopedia Britannica. (8 October 2020).
- ↑ "Teresa Benedict of the Cross Edith Stein (1891-1942): nun, Discalced Carmelite, martyr". Vatican.va.
- ↑ Pope John Paul II (11 October 1998). Homily of John Paul II for the canonization of Edith Stein (Speech). https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/1998/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_11101998_stein.html.