ST. EDITH STEIN

BASIC INFO

• Feast day: August 9th
• Death: 1942 (51 yrs)
• Jewish
• Martyr

ADOLESCENT LIFE

• Youngest of large family
• Good student
• Interest in philosophy and phenomenology

ADULT LIFE

• Baptized in 1922- Cathedral Church in Cologne, Germany
• Sent to the Camel at Echt, Holland (11 years after)
• Nazi conquered Holland- was arrested along with her sister, Rose, and was sent to a concentration camp at Auschwitz
• Later died in the gas chambers

In 1987, she was beatified in the large outdoor soccer stadium in Cologne by Pope John Paul II

SOURCE

• http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=179