Edith Stein

San Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, kilala rin bilang Edith Stein, ay a German Carmelite nun at philosopher na ay murdered in Auschwitz sa panahon ng the Holocaust. Ipinanganak sa 1891, siya ay a brilliant student na kalaunan converted to Catholicism mula sa Judaism. Stein joined the Carmelites in 1933 at took the pangalan Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Siya ay sinasamba as a martyr at patron of Europe for kanyang witness to pananampalatayang Katoliko in the face of Nazi pag-uusig. Stein's writings on philosophy, theology, at ang role of mga kababaihan in Simbahan continue to inspire many. Siya ikinanonisa by Papa Juan Pablo II in 1998.