biography
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Stein, Edith
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also known as Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
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pronunciation:
[stiyn], Ger [shtiyn]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1891–1942)
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| biography:
| Carmelite nun, philosopher, and spiritual writer, born in Wrocław, SW Poland (formerly Breslau, Prussia). Born into an Orthodox Jewish family, she later renounced her faith (1904). She studied at Göttingen, then joined the philosophy faculty at Freiburg (1916). She converted to Roman Catholicism (1922), and entered the Carmelite Convent at Cologne (1934), where she took her new name. Under threat of Nazi anti-Semitism, she escaped to The Netherlands, but the Gestapo sent her to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where she was executed. The Edith Stein Guild for converts was founded in the USA (1955). She is regarded as a modern martyr, and was beatified in 1998. |
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