Vatican Grants Sainthood to Formerly Jewish Nun
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events: 1900-2001
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Religion, Ethics
- Subcategories: Christianity, Christians, Churches, Catholic Church, Catholics, Popes, Papacy, Cardinals, Judaism, Jews, Synagogues, Temples, Holocaust
- Curriculum: Women’s History, Italian History, 20th & 21st Century European History
- Geographical Location: Rome
- Date: October 11, 1998
Article abstract: Pope John Paul II declares Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, better known as Edith Stein, a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Stein, a former Jew, became a nun in the 1930’s and was killed in the Nazi gas chambers at Auschwitz during World War II.
Stein’s Life
Edith Stein was born in Breslau, Germany (in present-day Poland), to a devout Orthodox Jewish family. Despite her orthodox upbringing, Stein became an avowed atheist during her youth. She attended the University of Breslau and later the University of Goettingen, where...
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