Tag: Who was Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)?

St Teresa Benedicta was born the youngest of eleven children into a Jewish family at Breslau, Germany. By her teenage years, she had become an atheist. A talented academic, St Teresa Benedicta studied at the University of Breslau and received a Doctorate from Gottingen University. She then became a Teaching Assistant at various Universities. Through…