Edith Stein

Religious Leader

Birthday October 12, 1891

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Germany

DEATH DATE Aug 9, 1942 (50)

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About

Nun who died in the Auschwitz concentration camp and is thus regarded as a martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church.

Before Fame

She was born to a Jewish family but was baptized in 1922.

Trivia

She is one of the six patron saints of Europe.

Family Life

She was sent to the gas chambers with her sister.

Associated With

She was controversially canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1998.