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{{Short description|French supercentenarian (1904–2023)}}
{{Short description|World's oldest verified living person (born 1904)}}
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| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|list=[[Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul|DC]]|size=100%}}
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| caption = Randon as a young woman {{circa|1920s}}
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| other_names = Sister André
| other_names = Sister André
| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|2|11|df=y}}
| birth_name = Lucile Randon
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|2|11|df=y}}<br />(age {{age in years and days|1904|2|11|df=y}})
| birth_place = [[Alès]], France<!-- DO NOT LINK, see [[MOS:GEOLINK]] for further guidance -->
| birth_place = [[Alès]], [[Gard]], [[French Third Republic]] (now France)
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| death_date = {{death date and given age|2023|01|17|df=y|{{age in years and days|1904|2|11|2023|01|17}}}}
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| occupation = [[Catholic]] nun
| death_place = [[Toulon]], France<!-- DO NOT LINK, see [[MOS:GEOLINK]] for further guidance -->
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| known_for = Oldest known [[List of the oldest living people|living person]]<br />(since 19 April 2022)
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| occupation = [[Catholic nun]]
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| known_for = {{bulleted list|[[List of the oldest living people|Oldest known living person]]<br />(19 April 2022 – 17 January 2023)|Oldest confirmed survivor of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] (9 February 2021)}}
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'''Lucile Randon''' ({{IPA-fr|ly.sil ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃|lang}}; born 11 February 1904), also known as '''Sister André''' ({{Lang-fr|link=no|Sœur André}}), is a French [[supercentenarian]]. At the age of {{Age in years and days|1904|2|sep=and|11}}, she has been the world's [[List of the oldest living people|oldest verified living person]] since 19 April 2022, following the death of [[Kane Tanaka]].<ref name="nyt2021">{{cite news |last=Peltier |first=Elian |date=10 February 2021 |title=A French Nun Turns 117 After Knocking Down Covid-19 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/world/europe/sister-andre-covid19.html |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310185052/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/world/europe/sister-andre-covid19.html |archive-date=10 March 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="WOP">{{cite news |date=25 February 2022 |title=French nun Sister Andre, 118, claims title of world's oldest person |website=[[France24]] |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220425-french-nun-sister-andre-118-claims-title-of-world-s-oldest-person |url-status=live |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425164336/https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220425-french-nun-sister-andre-118-claims-title-of-world-s-oldest-person |archive-date=25 April 2022}}</ref> She is the oldest known survivor of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], having tested positive for [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]] a month before her 117th birthday.<ref name="bbc">{{Cite news |date=9 February 2021 |title=Europe's oldest person survives Covid just before 117th birthday |work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-56005488 |url-status=live |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210003526/https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-56005488 |archive-date=10 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Guy |first=Jack |date=11 February 2021 |title=Europe's oldest person, a 117-year-old French nun, survives COVID-19 |url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/europe-s-oldest-person-survives-covid-19/35468162 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114110141/https://www.wcvb.com/article/europe-s-oldest-person-survives-covid-19/35468162 |archive-date=14 November 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021 |publisher=WCVB |language=en}}</ref>


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Randon is a Roman Catholic nun, having converted to Catholicism as a young adult, working as a governess, teacher, and missionary before retiring at the age of 75. She has resided in a nursing home in [[Toulon]], France, since 2009. <!--As a reminder, this section is meant to summarize the content below.-->
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'''Lucile Randon''' {{Post-nominals|list=[[Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul|DC]]}} ({{IPA-fr|ly.sil ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃|lang}}; 11 February 1904 – 17 January 2023), also known as '''Sister André''' ({{Lang-fr|link=no|Sœur André}}), was a French [[supercentenarian]] who, until her death at the age of 118 years, 340 days, was the [[List of the oldest verified people|world's oldest verified living person]] following the death of [[Kane Tanaka]] on 19 April 2022. She is the [[List of the verified oldest people|fourth-oldest verified person ever]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/1/worlds-oldest-person-lucile-randon-dies-aged-118-733313|title=World's oldest person, Lucile Randon, dies aged 118|author=Dominic Punt|work=[[Guinness World Records]]|date=January 17, 2023|accessdate=February 21, 2023|quote=It's been an honour to record her story in the pages of the Guinness World Records book, and she will live on in history as the fourth oldest person ever authenticated.|archive-date=17 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217142151/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/1/worlds-oldest-person-lucile-randon-dies-aged-118-733313|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as the oldest confirmed survivor of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], having tested positive for [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|SARS-CoV-2]] a month before her 117th birthday.<ref name="bbc">{{Cite news |date=9 February 2021 |title=Europe's oldest person survives Covid just before 117th birthday |publisher=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-56005488 |url-status=live |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210003526/https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-56005488 |archive-date=10 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Guy |first=Jack |date=11 February 2021 |title=Europe's oldest person, a 117-year-old French nun, survives COVID-19 |url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/europe-s-oldest-person-survives-covid-19/35468162 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114110141/https://www.wcvb.com/article/europe-s-oldest-person-survives-covid-19/35468162 |archive-date=14 November 2021 |access-date=2 June 2021 |publisher=WCVB |language=en}}</ref>


== Biography ==
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As a young adult, Randon converted to [[Roman Catholicism]] and worked as a governess, teacher, nun, and missionary before retiring at the age of 75 in 1979. She lived in a nursing home in [[Toulon]], France from 2009 until her death.
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Randon was born on 11 February 1904 in [[Alès]], France, to Paul Randon and Alphonsine Delphine Yéta Soutoul. Her living siblings included three older brothers and a twin sister named Lydie who died a year after they were born.<ref name="wapo2021">{{Cite news |last1=Peiser |first1=Jaclyn |last2=Hassan |first2=Jennifer |title=Nun who survived flu pandemic, both world wars and coronavirus celebrates 117th birthday with red wine |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=11 February 2021 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/10/nun-117-survive-covid-france/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215000046/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/10/nun-117-survive-covid-france/ |archive-date=15 February 2021 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name="VN">{{cite news |last=Viet |first=Cyprien |last2=Jozeau |first2=Anne-Quitterie |date=10 February 2021 |title=Sœur André fête ses 117 ans et souhaite un bon anniversaire à Radio Vatican |language=fr |work=[[Vatican News]] |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/eglise/news/2021-02/soeur-andre-117-ans-voeux-radio-vatican.html |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.https://web.archive.org/web/20220428071119/https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/eglise/news/2021-02/soeur-andre-117-ans-voeux-radio-vatican.html |archive-date=20 February 2022}}</ref> She became a governess to three children in [[Marseille]] when she was twelve years old in 1916. She took on more responsibility when she was hired as both a governess and teacher to a prominent family at [[Versailles]] in 1922.<ref name="Toulon">{{cite web|url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http://toulon.fr/actualites/doyenne-de-toulon-a-112-ans#federation=archive.wikiwix.com|title=La doyenne de Toulon a 112 ans|work=Mairie de Toulon|date=9 February 2016|access-date=20 February 2022|language=French|archive-date=20 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220165722/https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftoulon.fr%2Factualites%2Fdoyenne-de-toulon-a-112-ans#federation=archive.wikiwix.com|url-status=live}}</ref> Her work as a governess and teacher at Versailles lasted until 1936.<ref name="Toulon"/>
== Personal life ==
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[[File:Lucile Randon Young Child.jpg|thumb|Lucile Randon as a child aged 2/3 {{circa|1907}}]]
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Randon was born on 11 February 1904 in [[Alès]], France<!-- DO NOT LINK, see [[MOS:GEOLINK]] for further guidance --> to Paul Randon and Alphonsine Delphine Yéta Soutoul. Her living siblings included three older brothers and a twin sister named Lydie, who died a year after they were born.<ref name="wapo2021">{{Cite news |last1=Peiser |first1=Jaclyn |last2=Hassan |first2=Jennifer |title=Nun who survived flu pandemic, both world wars and coronavirus celebrates 117th birthday with red wine |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=11 February 2021 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/10/nun-117-survive-covid-france/ |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215000046/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/02/10/nun-117-survive-covid-france/ |archive-date=15 February 2021 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref name="VN">{{cite news |last1=Viet |first1=Cyprien |last2=Jozeau |first2=Anne-Quitterie |date=10 February 2021 |title=Sœur André fête ses 117 ans et souhaite un bon anniversaire à Radio Vatican |language=fr |work=[[Vatican News]] |url=https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/eglise/news/2021-02/soeur-andre-117-ans-voeux-radio-vatican.html |url-status=live |access-date=20 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220164900/https://www.vaticannews.va/fr/eglise/news/2021-02/soeur-andre-117-ans-voeux-radio-vatican.html |archive-date=20 February 2022 }}</ref> Lucile became a [[governess]] to three children in [[Marseille]] when she was twenty years old in 1924. She took on more responsibility when she was hired as both a governess and teacher by a prominent family, the Peugeots, at [[Versailles]] in 1928.<ref name="Cros">{{cite web|url=https://cros-cevennes.fr/category/vie-communale/|title=Lucile Randon, la doyenne – Musique d'une vie|work=Mairie de Cros|date=2017|access-date=26 January 2023|language=French|archive-date=26 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230126015229/https://cros-cevennes.fr/category/vie-communale/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Toulon">{{cite web|url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http://toulon.fr/actualites/doyenne-de-toulon-a-112-ans#federation=archive.wikiwix.com|title=La doyenne de Toulon a 112 ans|work=Mairie de Toulon|date=9 February 2016|access-date=20 February 2022|language=French|archive-date=20 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220165722/https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftoulon.fr%2Factualites%2Fdoyenne-de-toulon-a-112-ans#federation=archive.wikiwix.com|url-status=live}} (some dates are erroneous)</ref> Her work as a governess and teacher at Versailles lasted until 1930 when she became governess for the Borionne family in [[Paris]] and then in [[Ardèche]] until 1944.<ref name="Cros"/><ref name="Toulon"/>


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[[File:Lucile Randon Young Child.jpg|thumb|Lucile Randon as a child {{circa|1907–1910}}|left|upright=.7]]
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Randon grew up in a [[Huguenot]] [[Protestantism in France|Protestant]] family and her paternal grandfather Casimir Randon (1822–1908) was a pastor.<ref name="VN"/> She converted to Catholicism in 1923 at the age of 19.<ref name="VN"/> She later joined the Catholic order [[Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul|Daughters of Charity]] in 1944, taking the name Sister André in honour of her elder brother.<ref name="wapo2021" /><ref name="VN"/> After [[World War II]] ended, Randon went on a [[Christian mission|mission]] to a hospital in [[Vichy]], where she served orphans and elders. Her mission lasted 18 years until she was sent to another hospital at [[La Baume-d'Hostun]], Drôme, for night duty in 1963.<ref name="Toulon"/> Randon retired from full-time work in 1979 and entered the [[Établissement d'hébergement pour personnes âgées dépendantes|EHPAD]] in the Marches at [[Savoie]], where she continued to care for the elderly until she was 100 years old.<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 February 2022|title=Heaven can wait: How the super-centenarians live|language=en|work=[[France24]]|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220210-heaven-can-wait |access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref> She moved to the Ste. Catherine Labouré retirement home in Toulon on 25 October 2009, at the age of 105.<ref name="wapo2021"/><ref>{{Cite news|date=12 February 2021|title=Europe's oldest person, 117-year-old French nun, survives COVID-19|language=en|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-sister-nun-idUSKBN2A91VV|url-status=live|access-date=23 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306074541/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-sister-nun-idUSKBN2A91VV|archive-date=6 March 2021}}</ref>


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Randon grew up in a [[Protestantism in France|Protestant]] family and her grandfather was a pastor.<ref name="VN"/> She converted to [[Catholic Church in France|Catholicism]] in 1923 at the age of 19.<ref name="VN"/> She later joined the Catholic order [[Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul|Daughters of Charity]] in 1944, taking the name Sister André in honour of her elder brother.<ref name="wapo2021" /><ref name="VN"/> After [[World War II]] ended, Randon went on a [[Christian mission|mission]] to a hospital in [[Vichy]], where she served orphans and elders. Her mission lasted 18 years until she was sent to another hospital at [[La Baume-d'Hostun]], Drôme for night duty in 1963.<ref name="Toulon"/> Randon retired from full-time work in 1979 and entered the [[EHPAD]] in the Marches at [[Savoie]], where she continued to care for the elderly until she was 100 years old herself.<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 February 2022|title=Heaven can wait: How the super-centenarians live|language=en|work=[[France24]]|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220210-heaven-can-wait|url-status=live|access-date=2 June 2022}}</ref> She moved to a retirement home in Toulon on 25 October 2009, at the age of 105, where she still resides.<ref name="wapo2021"/><ref>{{Cite news|date=12 February 2021|title=Europe's oldest person, 117-year-old French nun, survives COVID-19|language=en|work=[[Reuters]]|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-sister-nun-idUSKBN2A91VV|url-status=live|access-date=23 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306074541/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-france-sister-nun-idUSKBN2A91VV|archive-date=6 March 2021}}</ref>
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== Health and longevity == <!--Per the sub-header, health related information should come before longevity-->
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Randon was blind and used a wheelchair from the early 2010s.<ref name="VN"/> In January 2021, she tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in an outbreak at her retirement home. She was asymptomatic and tested negative days before her 117th birthday, making her the oldest known survivor of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref name="nyt2021">{{cite news |last=Peltier |first=Elian |date=10 February 2021 |title=A French Nun Turns 117 After Knocking Down Covid-19 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/world/europe/sister-andre-covid19.html |url-status=live |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310185052/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/10/world/europe/sister-andre-covid19.html |archive-date=10 March 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="bbc"/><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Willsher |first=Kim |date=9 February 2021 |title=Europe's oldest person survives COVID and set to celebrate 117th birthday |website=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/09/europe-oldest-person-sister-andre-survives-covid-celebrate-117th-birthday |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210000814/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/09/europe-oldest-person-sister-andre-survives-covid-celebrate-117th-birthday |archive-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>


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== Health and longevity == <!--As per the sub-header, health related information should come before longevity-->
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After the death of [[Honorine Rondello]] on 19 October 2017, she became the oldest living person in France.<ref>{{Cite news|date=10 February 2021 |title=World's second-oldest person survives COVID-19 at age 116 |language=en |website=ABC7 Chicago |url=https://abc7chicago.com/10325750/ |url-status=dead |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219231122/https://abc7chicago.com/10325750/ |archive-date=19 February 2021}}</ref> When she turned 115 in 2019, [[Pope Francis]] sent her a personal letter and blessed [[rosary]].<ref name="wapo2021" /> In 2021, she said she was happy at her home, although she wished to join her grandparents and brother André in [[Heaven in Christianity|heaven]].<ref name="wapo2021" />
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Randon is now blind and has been in a wheelchair since the early 2010s.<ref name="VN"/> In January 2021, Randon tested positive for [[COVID-19]] in an outbreak at her retirement home. She was asymptomatic and tested negative days before her 117th birthday, making her the oldest known survivor of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="nyt2021"/><ref name="bbc"/><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Willsher |first=Kim |date=9 February 2021 |title=Europe's oldest person survives COVID and set to celebrate 117th birthday |website=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/09/europe-oldest-person-sister-andre-survives-covid-celebrate-117th-birthday |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210000814/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/09/europe-oldest-person-sister-andre-survives-covid-celebrate-117th-birthday |archive-date=10 February 2021}}</ref>


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After the death of [[Honorine Rondello]] on 19 October 2017, she became the oldest living person in France.<ref>{{Cite news |last=CNNWire |date=10 February 2021 |title=World's second-oldest person survives COVID-19 at age 116 |language=en |website=ABC7 Chicago |url=https://abc7chicago.com/10325750/ |url-status=dead |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219231122/https://abc7chicago.com/10325750/ |archive-date=19 February 2021}}</ref> When she turned 115 in 2019, [[Pope Francis]] sent her a personal letter and blessed [[rosary]].<ref name="wapo2021" /> In 2021, she said she was happy at her home, although wished to join her grandparents and brother André in [[Heaven in Christianity|heaven]].<ref name="wapo2021" />
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On her 118th birthday in February 2022, Randon received a birthday note from the French president, [[Emmanuel Macron]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last1=Bouvier |first1=Simon |last2=Xu |first2=Xiaofei |last3=Knight |first3=Camille |last4=Lemercier |first4=Elias |date=26 April 2022 |title=The world's oldest person is a French nun who enjoys chocolate and wine |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/europe/oldest-living-person-nun-sister-andre-scli-intl/index.html |access-date=28 April 2022 |publisher=[[CNN]] |language=en |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428131137/https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/europe/oldest-living-person-nun-sister-andre-scli-intl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 19 April 2022, she became the world's oldest verified living person after the death of Kane Tanaka.<ref>{{cite news |date=25 February 2022 |title=French nun Sister Andre, 118, claims title of world's oldest person |website=[[France24]] |url=https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220425-french-nun-sister-andre-118-claims-title-of-world-s-oldest-person |url-status=live |access-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425164336/https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20220425-french-nun-sister-andre-118-claims-title-of-world-s-oldest-person |archive-date=25 April 2022}}</ref> She felt this was a "sad honour", saying: "I feel I would be better off in heaven, but the good Lord doesn't want me yet." At that time, she was reported to still eat chocolate and drink a glass of wine each day.<ref name=":0" />


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On her 118th birthday in February 2022, Randon received a birthday note from [[President of France|French President]] [[Emmanuel Macron]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last1=Bouvier |first1=Simon |last2=Xu |first2=Xiaofei |last3=Knight |first3=Camille |last4=Lemercier |first4=Elias |date=2022-04-26 |title=The world's oldest person is a French nun who enjoys chocolate and wine |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/26/europe/oldest-living-person-nun-sister-andre-scli-intl/index.html |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> On 19 April 2022, she became the world's oldest verified living person after the death of [[Kane Tanaka]].<ref name=WOP/> Randon stated she felt this was a "sad honour" as she would "be better off in heaven"; however, she also expressed joy at being "pampered" by her family. She continues to enjoy chocolate and a glass of wine every day.<ref name=":0" />
Randon died in her sleep at her nursing home on 17 January 2023 at the age of 118 years and 340 days as the fourth-oldest verified person ever.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 January 2023 |title=World's oldest person dies at age of 118 |publisher=[[RTÉ News]] |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0117/1349286-lucile-randon/ |access-date=17 January 2023 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117210447/https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2023/0117/1349286-lucile-randon/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=17 January 2023 |title=Mort de la doyenne de l'humanité : la Française sœur André est décédée à 118 ans |newspaper=[[Le Parisien]] |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/mort-de-la-doyenne-de-lhumanite-la-francaise-soeur-andre-est-decedee-a-118-ans-17-01-2023-IWWNT7I5A5CULK66HIP6VNUWSM.php |url-status=live |accessdate= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117204100/https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/mort-de-la-doyenne-de-lhumanite-la-francaise-soeur-andre-est-decedee-a-118-ans-17-01-2023-IWWNT7I5A5CULK66HIP6VNUWSM.php |archive-date=17 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=18 January 2023 |title=Sister André, World's Oldest Known Person, Dies at 118 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/world/europe/sister-andre-worlds-oldest-person-118-france.html |access-date=19 January 2023 |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716110922/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/world/europe/sister-andre-worlds-oldest-person-118-france.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Maria Branyas]] then became the world's oldest validated living person.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 January 2023 |title=World's oldest living person confirmed as US-born Spanish woman |work=[[Guinness World Records]] |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/1/worlds-oldest-living-person-confirmed-as-us-born-spanish-woman-733644 |access-date=19 January 2023 |archive-date=20 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920220631/https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2023/1/worlds-oldest-living-person-confirmed-as-us-born-spanish-woman-733644 |url-status=live }}</ref>

She celebrated her 120th birthday in February 2024.


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Lucile Randon
Randon, c. 1920s
Born
Lucile Randon

(1904-02-11)11 February 1904
(age 120 years, 279 days)
Alès, Gard, French Third Republic (now France)
Other namesSister André
OccupationCatholic nun
Known forOldest known living person
(since 19 April 2022)

Lucile Randon (French: [ly.sil ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃]; born 11 February 1904), also known as Sister André (Template:Lang-fr), is a French supercentenarian. At the age of 120 years and 279 days, she has been the world's oldest verified living person since 19 April 2022, following the death of Kane Tanaka.[1][2] She is the oldest known survivor of the COVID-19 pandemic, having tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 a month before her 117th birthday.[3][4]

Randon is a Roman Catholic nun, having converted to Catholicism as a young adult, working as a governess, teacher, and missionary before retiring at the age of 75. She has resided in a nursing home in Toulon, France, since 2009.

Biography

Randon was born on 11 February 1904 in Alès, France, to Paul Randon and Alphonsine Delphine Yéta Soutoul. Her living siblings included three older brothers and a twin sister named Lydie who died a year after they were born.[5][6] She became a governess to three children in Marseille when she was twelve years old in 1916. She took on more responsibility when she was hired as both a governess and teacher to a prominent family at Versailles in 1922.[7] Her work as a governess and teacher at Versailles lasted until 1936.[7]

Lucile Randon as a child c. 1907–1910

Randon grew up in a Protestant family and her grandfather was a pastor.[6] She converted to Catholicism in 1923 at the age of 19.[6] She later joined the Catholic order Daughters of Charity in 1944, taking the name Sister André in honour of her elder brother.[5][6] After World War II ended, Randon went on a mission to a hospital in Vichy, where she served orphans and elders. Her mission lasted 18 years until she was sent to another hospital at La Baume-d'Hostun, Drôme for night duty in 1963.[7] Randon retired from full-time work in 1979 and entered the EHPAD in the Marches at Savoie, where she continued to care for the elderly until she was 100 years old herself.[8] She moved to a retirement home in Toulon on 25 October 2009, at the age of 105, where she still resides.[5][9]

Health and longevity

Randon is now blind and has been in a wheelchair since the early 2010s.[6] In January 2021, Randon tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak at her retirement home. She was asymptomatic and tested negative days before her 117th birthday, making her the oldest known survivor of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][3][10]

After the death of Honorine Rondello on 19 October 2017, she became the oldest living person in France.[11] When she turned 115 in 2019, Pope Francis sent her a personal letter and blessed rosary.[5] In 2021, she said she was happy at her home, although wished to join her grandparents and brother André in heaven.[5]

On her 118th birthday in February 2022, Randon received a birthday note from French President Emmanuel Macron.[12] On 19 April 2022, she became the world's oldest verified living person after the death of Kane Tanaka.[2] Randon stated she felt this was a "sad honour" as she would "be better off in heaven"; however, she also expressed joy at being "pampered" by her family. She continues to enjoy chocolate and a glass of wine every day.[12]

She celebrated her 120th birthday in February 2024.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Peltier, Elian (10 February 2021). "A French Nun Turns 117 After Knocking Down Covid-19". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "French nun Sister Andre, 118, claims title of world's oldest person". France24. 25 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Europe's oldest person survives Covid just before 117th birthday". BBC News. 9 February 2021. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  4. ^ Guy, Jack (11 February 2021). "Europe's oldest person, a 117-year-old French nun, survives COVID-19". WCVB. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e Peiser, Jaclyn; Hassan, Jennifer (11 February 2021). "Nun who survived flu pandemic, both world wars and coronavirus celebrates 117th birthday with red wine". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d e Viet, Cyprien; Jozeau, Anne-Quitterie (10 February 2021). "Sœur André fête ses 117 ans et souhaite un bon anniversaire à Radio Vatican". Vatican News (in French). Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022. {{cite news}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 28 April 2022 suggested (help)
  7. ^ a b c "La doyenne de Toulon a 112 ans". Mairie de Toulon (in French). 9 February 2016. Archived from the original on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Heaven can wait: How the super-centenarians live". France24. 10 February 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Europe's oldest person, 117-year-old French nun, survives COVID-19". Reuters. 12 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  10. ^ Willsher, Kim (9 February 2021). "Europe's oldest person survives COVID and set to celebrate 117th birthday". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 February 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  11. ^ CNNWire (10 February 2021). "World's second-oldest person survives COVID-19 at age 116". ABC7 Chicago. Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  12. ^ a b Bouvier, Simon; Xu, Xiaofei; Knight, Camille; Lemercier, Elias (26 April 2022). "The world's oldest person is a French nun who enjoys chocolate and wine". CNN. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
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