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The Feast Day of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (9 August) celebrates a late 19th and early 20th century Jewish convert to Catholicism who became a Discalced Carmelite nun. She is known for her scholarly writing in the areas of metaphysics, phenomenology, philosophy of mind and epistemology. She was arrested by the Gestapo in 1942 and died in a Birkenau gas chamber that same year.

She is a patron saint of Europe, the loss of parents, and converted Jews.

+ Includes a feast day recipe for Classic Potato Kugel with Crispy Crust

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Cathedral of St. Paul (Minnesota)

+ The third-largest Catholic cathedral and sixth-largest church in the United States, it is perhaps most well known for its distinctive copper dome and incredible beaux-arts architectural style.

It is also home to an incredible collection of frescos, stained glass, organs, and bells.

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The Feast Day of St. Donatus of Muenstereifel (7 August) celebrates a 2nd century Roman Christian soldier who is commonly given credit for a thunderstorm that saved his 12th Legion in 173 AD during the Marcomannic Wars in Moravia along the Danube frontier.

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