Grâcieuse Malharin, also known as Sister (Sœur) Marie-Bernadette, was a French nun and supercentenarian.
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BIOGRAPHY
Grâcieuse Malharin was born in the commune of Orsanco in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France, on 5 January 1907. She was born into a devoutly religious farming family with 12 children. Two of her sisters also joined the Dominican Order, while another became a Daughter of the Cross.
In 1925, she entered the Dominican monastery of Mauléon-Licharre in Soule as a novice and took her final vows on 18 April 1927.
In 1973, she moved to the Dominican monastery on Rue Gambetta in Dax.
Grâcieuse Malharin passed away in the commune of Dax the Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, on 13 February 2017, at the age of 110 years, 39 days.
RECOGNITION
Her age has not been validated.
ATTRIBUTION
* “À Dax, la plus vieille religieuse du monde ?” – La Croix, 16 March 2016
* “La doyenne s’est éteinte” – Sud Ouest, 15 February 2017
GALLERY
At the age of 109. (Source: La Croix)
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