Posts Tagged ‘Camillian’

Ten popes later, world’s oldest Sister dies

Thursday, June 1st, 2017

The world’s oldest Sister, Candida Bellotti, has died at her Italian convent. She was 110. A professional nurse and since 1931 a “Camillian” – that is, a member of the Congregation of the Ministers of the Sick of Saint Camillus, Sister Candida lived under 10 popes. They were: Pius X (1903-1914); Benedict XV (1914-1922); Pius Read more