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Edith Stein

Martyr and Philosopher · Modern Era · Roman

Edith Stein was a brilliant Jewish philosopher who converted to Catholicism after reading Saint Teresa of Ávila, then entered the Carmelite cloister and gave up her academic career. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1942 and deported to Auschwitz, she walked toward death with composed surrender, becoming a supreme modern witness to philosophical truth and Christian mysticism.

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