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St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Born: 12 October 1891 at Breslaw, Dolnoslaskie, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) as Edith Stein Died: gassed on 9 August 1942 in the ovens of Oswiecim (a.k.a. Auschwitz), Malopolskie, Poland, body cremated Canonized: 11 October 1998 by Pope John Paul II Patronage: against the death of parents, Europe, martyrs. Also known as Edith Stein, Teresia Benedicta […]

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