Edith Stein
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About
Nun who died in the Auschwitz concentration camp and is thus regarded as a martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church.
Before Fame
She was born to a Jewish family but was baptized in 1922.
Trivia
She is one of the six patron saints of Europe.
Family Life
She was sent to the gas chambers with her sister.
Associated With
She was controversially canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1998.
