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Maria Roszak
Maria Roszak
Maria Roszak at her 107th birthday.
Centenarian

Maria Roszak (known as Sister Cecilia; born 25 March 1908) is a Polish centenarian who at the age of 116 years, 25 days is the third oldest living person in Poland and oldest living person in voivodeship of Lesser Poland. She is also the oldest nun of Poland and one of oldest nuns in the world.

Biography

Maria Roszak was born on 25 March 1908 in present-day Greater Poland Voivodeship (then German Empire), daughter of John Roszak and Maria Hofmann. In 1926, she graduaded from State Economical School in Poznañ. She has made her first vows (for three years) on 7 February 1931. Then she became nun at the convent of cloistered Dominican nuns' in Gródek in Kraków on 7 February 1934.

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