What was Edith Stein's religious name?
Teresa Benedicta of the Cross
Maria Teresa
Anna Benedicta
Clara of the Cross
Answer
Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was the religious name of Edith Stein, a German-Jewish philosopher and Catholic convert who became a Carmelite nun. She was born in 1891 and died in 1942 at the Auschwitz concentration camp. She was canonized as a saint by Pope John Paul II in 1998.
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