Optional Memorial
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
- Feast day
- August 09
- Patron of
- Europe
- Origin
- German
Life
Born Edith Stein, she was a Jewish philosopher who converted to Catholicism and became a Carmelite nun. She was arrested by the Nazis and killed at Auschwitz, and is a co-patroness of Europe.
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