Saint
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
- Country / origin
- Germany
- Life
- 1891–1942
- Feast
- 9 August
- Canonised
- 1998
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
A Jewish-born philosopher who became a Catholic and a Carmelite nun, and was killed at Auschwitz. Co-patroness of Europe.
Patron of
- Europe
- intellectuals
- philosophers
- the persecuted
When to ask for intercession
- an intellectual search for God
- conversion
- persecution
- dialogue between faith and reason
A short prayer
Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, guide me in a sincere search for the truth and help me to follow that truth all the way to God.
Written for Lumen as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
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