Edith Stein

Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (12 October 1881 – 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
Saint and Martyr
Born	12 October 1881 Breslau, German Empire
Died	9 August 1942 Auschwitz
Honored in	Roman Catholic Church
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]