Europe's oldest person - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 14 Feb 2022 07:22:34 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Europe's oldest person - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 French Catholic nun turns 118, making her the second oldest person in the world https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/02/14/french-catholic-nun-turns-118-making-her-the-second-oldest-person-in-the-world/ Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:51:24 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=143539 Sister Andre Randon, a French nun, celebrated her 118th birthday on February 11. This milestone makes her the second-oldest living person in the world and the oldest living person in Europe, according to the Gerontology Research Group which validates details of people believed to be 110 or older. In anticipation of the big day, the Read more

French Catholic nun turns 118, making her the second oldest person in the world... Read more]]> Sister Andre Randon, a French nun, celebrated her 118th birthday on February 11. This milestone makes her the second-oldest living person in the world and the oldest living person in Europe, according to the Gerontology Research Group which validates details of people believed to be 110 or older.

In anticipation of the big day, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, sent the beloved nun a greeting.

Born Lucile Randon on February 11 1904 in Alés, France, she converted to Catholicism at 19-years-old from Protestantism. She served young children and the elderly at a French hospital until she became a nun at the age of 40.

In 1944 she joined the Daughters of Charity, founded by St Vincent de Paul. She took the name Sister Andre in honour of her deceased brother.

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French Catholic nun turns 118, making her the second oldest person in the world]]> 143539 116-year-old French nun survives Covid-19 https://cathnews.co.nz/2021/02/11/europe-oldest-person/ Thu, 11 Feb 2021 06:50:04 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=133297 Europe's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, has survived Covid-19 and will celebrate her 117th birthday tomorrow, her caregivers said. Lucile Randon, who took the name of Sister Andre when she joined a Catholic charitable order in 1944, tested positive for coronavirus in her retirement home in Toulon, southern France, on 16 January. She was Read more

116-year-old French nun survives Covid-19... Read more]]> Europe's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, has survived Covid-19 and will celebrate her 117th birthday tomorrow, her caregivers said.

Lucile Randon, who took the name of Sister Andre when she joined a Catholic charitable order in 1944, tested positive for coronavirus in her retirement home in Toulon, southern France, on 16 January.

She was isolated from other residents, but displayed no symptoms.

Asked if she was scared to have the virus, Sr Andre told France's BFM television: "No, I wasn't scared because I wasn't scared to die.

"I'm happy to be with you, but I would wish to be somewhere else - join my big brother and my grandfather and my grandmother."

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