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}}'''Maria Roszak''' [known as '''Sister Cecylia'''] (25 March 1908 – 16 November 2018) was a Polish [[supercentenarian]] who was the second-oldest living person in Poland (behind [[Tekla Juniewicz]]) and oldest living person in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship at the time of her death. She was also the oldest nun in Poland and the second-oldest living nun in the world (behind [[Lucile Randon]] of France), as well as being the oldest person in the history of Lesser Poland.
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'''Maria Roszak''' [known as '''Sister Cecylia'''] (25 March 1908 – 16 November 2018) was a Polish [[supercentenarian]] who was the second-oldest living person in Poland (behind [[Tekla Juniewicz]]) and oldest living person in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship at the time of her death. She was also the oldest nun in Poland and the second-oldest living nun in the world (behind [[Lucile Randon]]), as well as being the oldest person in the history of Lesser Poland.
 
   
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
Maria Roszak was born on 25 March 1908 in present-day Greater Poland Voivodeship (then German Empire), the daughter of John Roszak and Maria Hofmann. In 1926, she graduated from State Economical School in Poznan. She made her first vows (for three years) on 7 February 1931. She then became a nun at the convent of cloistered Dominican nuns in Grodek in Krakow on 7 February 1934.
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Maria Roszak was born on 25 March 1908 in present-day Greater Poland Voivodeship (then German Empire), the daughter of Jan Roszak and Maria Hofmann. In 1926, she graduated from State Economical School in Poznan. She made her first vows (for three years) on 7 February 1931. She then became a nun at the convent of cloistered Dominican nuns in Grodek in Krakow on 7 February 1934.
   
In 1938, Roszak moved to Vilnius, Poland, where she spent the years of World War II. For saving Jewish children from the Holocaust, she was awarded with the Order Righteous Among the Nations in 2009. Following the change of the borders, when Vilnius became part of the Soviet Union, Roszak returned to Krakow where she still lives today.
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In 1938, Roszak moved to Vilnius, Poland, where she spent the years of World War II. For saving Jewish children from the Holocaust, she was awarded with the Order Righteous Among the Nations in 2009. Following the borders' change, when Vilnius became part of the Soviet Union, Roszak returned to Krakow where she remained for the rest of her life.
   
 
Roszak became a supercentenarian in March 2018. On her 110th birthday, she was visited by the Archbishop of Krakow Diocese, Marek Jedraszewski. She died on 16 November 2018 at the age of 110 years, 236 days.
 
Roszak became a supercentenarian in March 2018. On her 110th birthday, she was visited by the Archbishop of Krakow Diocese, Marek Jedraszewski. She died on 16 November 2018 at the age of 110 years, 236 days.
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*[http://www.najstarsipolacy.pl Najstarsi Polacy]
 
*[http://krakow.gosc.pl/doc/4587207.Krakow-urodziny-najstarszej-zakonnicy-swiata/ Kraków - urodziny najstarszej zakonnicy świata] Gosc.Pl, 25 March 2018
 
*[http://krakow.gosc.pl/doc/4587207.Krakow-urodziny-najstarszej-zakonnicy-swiata/ Kraków - urodziny najstarszej zakonnicy świata] Gosc.Pl, 25 March 2018
 
*[https://newsbeezer.com/polandeng/the-oldest-nun-in-the-world-is-dead/ News Beezer] 16 November 2018
 
*[https://newsbeezer.com/polandeng/the-oldest-nun-in-the-world-is-dead/ News Beezer] 16 November 2018
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*[http://www.najstarsipolacy.pl Najstarsi Polacy]
 
 
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Revision as of 07:20, 11 October 2019

Maria Roszak
Maria Roszak
Maria Roszak on her 107th birthday.
Birth: 25 March 1908
Greater Poland, German Empire (now Poland)
Death: 16 November 2018
Krakow, Lesser Poland, Poland
Age: 110 years, 236 days
Country: PolandPOL
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Maria Roszak [known as Sister Cecylia] (25 March 1908 – 16 November 2018) was a Polish supercentenarian who was the second-oldest living person in Poland (behind Tekla Juniewicz) and oldest living person in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship at the time of her death. She was also the oldest nun in Poland and the second-oldest living nun in the world (behind Lucile Randon of France), as well as being the oldest person in the history of Lesser Poland.

Biography

Maria Roszak was born on 25 March 1908 in present-day Greater Poland Voivodeship (then German Empire), the daughter of Jan Roszak and Maria Hofmann. In 1926, she graduated from State Economical School in Poznan. She made her first vows (for three years) on 7 February 1931. She then became a nun at the convent of cloistered Dominican nuns in Grodek in Krakow on 7 February 1934.

In 1938, Roszak moved to Vilnius, Poland, where she spent the years of World War II. For saving Jewish children from the Holocaust, she was awarded with the Order Righteous Among the Nations in 2009. Following the borders' change, when Vilnius became part of the Soviet Union, Roszak returned to Krakow where she remained for the rest of her life.

Roszak became a supercentenarian in March 2018. On her 110th birthday, she was visited by the Archbishop of Krakow Diocese, Marek Jedraszewski. She died on 16 November 2018 at the age of 110 years, 236 days.

When asked about the secret of her longevity, she replied: "You need to pray and learn languages." Apart from her native Polish, she had a decent knowledge of English, German, French and Latin. She would run foreign correspondence on behalf of the monastery for many years.

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