From . – 01/18/2023 09:32 (act. 01/18/2023 10:18)
She was thought to be the oldest person in the world – now Lucile Randon, pictured here in 2021, is dead ©APA/AFP/NICOLAS TUCAT
“It’s a liberation for them,” a spokesperson for a nursing home told the AFP news agency. French nun André – her real name was Lucile Randon – was born in 1904.
She died in her sleep at a nursing home in Toulon, in southern France, on Tuesday night, spokesman David Tavella told AFP late on Tuesday. “The sadness is great, but she wanted, it was her desire, to reach her beloved brother.”
Lucile Randon – considered the oldest person in the world has died
The nun, whose real name is Lucile Randon, survived two world wars and the Spanish flu. Since the death of Japanese Kane Tanaka last April, she has been considered the oldest person in the world. The Frenchwoman celebrated her 118th birthday on February 11. Shortly before her 117th birthday, she had survived a corona infection.
Lucile Randon was born in 1904
The nun was born on February 11, 1904 in Alès, southern France, into a family of Protestant origin. It wasn’t until she was a young adult that she was baptized as a Catholic. At the age of 40, she joined the Vincentian Order. She worked for more than three decades in a hospital in the city of Vichy, caring for orphans and the elderly.