09 Aug 2025 – Saint Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein) – Patron of Europe Born on 12 October 1891 in Wroclaw (Poland). Died on this day in 1942 at Auschwitz/Oswiecim. Edith Stein, born of Jewish parents, became an outstanding philosopher, author and teacher, then discovered Christianity and Teresa of Avila, and so was baptised in 1922….