Edith Stein

Quick Facts

Full Name	Edith Stein
Occupation	Religious Leader
Date Of Birth	Oct 12, 1891(1891-10-12)
Age	133
Date Of Death	August 9, 1942, Auschwitz concentration camp, Oswiecim, Poland
Birthplace	Germany
Country	Germany
Horoscope	Libra

Edith Stein Biography

Edith Stein is one of the most popular and richest Religious Leader who was born on October 12, 1891 in Germany, Germany. Nun who died in the Auschwitz concentration camp and is thus regarded as a martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church.

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

She was sent to the gas chambers with her sister.

Edith Stein Net Worth

Edith Stein is one of the richest Religious Leader from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Edith Stein 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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

She is one of the six patron saints of Europe.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Edith Stein Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Edith Ranked on the list of most popular Religious Leader. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Edith Stein celebrates birthday on October 12 of every year.

Why is Edith Stein a saint?

Edith Stein (1891–1942) was a realist phenomenologist associated with the Göttingen school and later a Christian metaphysician. She was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in 1922 and was ordained a Carmelite nun in 1933. She died in Auschwitz in 1942. She was subsequently declared a Catholic martyr and saint.

What miracles did Edith Stein do?

The miracle that led to Edith Stein being canonized as a saint took place in Brockton in 1987 when 2-year-old Benedicta Murray miraculously recovered from accidentally overdosing on Tylenol pills that damaged her liver and kidneys after her family prayed to Edith Stein for the girl’s recovery.

What is saint Edith the patron saint of?

Saint Edith Stein
Region| Western philosophy
School| Continental philosophy Phenomenology Thomism Carmelite spirituality
Institutions| University of Freiburg (1916–1918)

What did Edith Stein do to help Jews?

There, at the Convent in Echt, Edith composed three acts of self-oblation, offering her life up for the Jewish people, the averting of war (i.e., peace) and for the sanctification of her Carmelite family. She then settled into a life of teaching the postulants Latin and writing a book on St. John of the Cross.

How old was Edith Stein when she became a nun?

Born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Germany in 1891, Edith Stein turned toward Christianity at age 30 , finding her calling as a Catholic nun.