Paris, France, Feb 21, 2017 / 14:36 pm
A French diocese announced that Dominican Sister Marie Bernardette, the oldest sister in her order, passed away last week at 110 years of age.
The religious sister died Feb. 13, according to the Diocese of Aire-et-Dax, France.
Funeral rites for the beloved sister were held in the monastery chapel in the town of Dax where she lived. Sister Marie Bernardette had turned 110 on January 5. She would have been a religious sister for 90 years on April 18.
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