Edith Stein was born of Jewish parents in 1891 A.D., becoming an influential philosopher following her extensive studies at major German universities. Following her conversion to Catholicism she became a major force in German intellectual life, entering the Discalced Carmelites in 1933 A.D. Sister Teresa Benedicta was arrested by the Nazi regime in 1942 A.D., along with all Catholics of Jewish extraction and transported by cattle train to the death camp of Auschwitz. She died in the gas chambers at Auschwitz that same year. Learn more about St. Edith Stein, Carmelite Martyr of the Holocaust
also on August 9:
- Emygdius, martyr;
- Nathy and Felim, bishop;
- Oswald of Northumbria, martyr
Nathy (6th century A.D.) was born in Ireland. He became a disciple of St. Finnian of Clonard who made him bishop. Felim became one of the followers of St. Columba and traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Kilmore, Ireland.
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