Edith Stein
Jewish-German Catholic nun, theologian and philosopher (1891–1942)
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German philosopher turned Carmelite nun whose work on phenomenology and consciousness drew scholarly attention before her murder at Auschwitz in 1942. She's since been canonized as a Catholic saint and patron of Europe.
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Edith Stein was a German philosopher who converted to Catholicism and became a Discalced Carmelite nun. She was murdered in the gas chamber at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp on 9 August 1942, and is canonized as a martyr and saint of the Catholic Church; she is also one of six patron saints of Europe.
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