Edith Stein Teresa Benedicta Holy Cloth Relic Nun W/D

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Mouse over the arrows to scroll through images. Click a thumbnail to zoom to full-sized image. Image Hosting and Pure Javascript Scrolling Zoom Gallery by Note The first main picture is the back of the authentic I held it up to the sun light wings-of-an-angel* Sr. Teresa Benedicta Edith Stein Carmelite Nun Holy Cloth Relic + Edith Stein was born to a Jewish family at Breslau on October 12, 1891. Through her passionate study of philosophy she searched after truth and found it in reading the autobiography of St. Teresa of Jesus. In 1922 she was baptized a Catholic and in 1933 she entered the Carmel of Cologne w she took the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She was gassed and cremated at Auschwitz on August 9, 1942, during the Nazi persecution and died a martyr for the Christian faith after having offered her holocaust for the people of Israel. A woman of singular intelligence and learning, she left behind a body of writing notable for its doctrinal richness and profound spirituality. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II at Cologne on May 1, 1987 and canonized on October 11, 1998. Her feast is celebrated by the Church on August 9 of each year. Sr. Teresa 's relic is gorgeous a 1" by 1" . The holy cloth lies inside the theca all wax seals in tact. Your biding on the theca the relic is a gift of holy cloth a authentic comes read more