2017-07-30T10:14:30+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true Poemen, Saint Charalambos, Jacques Roitfeld, Silas Simmons, Andrejs Krūkliņš, Paul of Thebes, Cécile Fatiman, Fulla Nayak, Gregorio Celli, Nyala Rinpoche, Jane Lewson flashcards
Supercentenarians

Supercentenarians

  • Poemen
    Abba Poemen (Greek: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ποιμήν; ποιμήν means "shepherd") (c. 340–450) was an Egyptian monk and early Desert Father who is the most quoted Abba (Father) in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).
  • Saint Charalambos
    Saint Charalambos (Greek: Άγιος Χαράλαμπος) (also variously Charalampus, Charalambos, Haralampus, Haralampos, Haralabos or Haralambos) was an early Christian bishop in Magnesia on the Maeander, a region of Asia Minor, in the diocese of the same name.
  • Jacques Roitfeld
    Jacques Roitfeld (1889–1999) was a Russian-born French film producer.
  • Silas Simmons
    Silas Joseph "Si" Simmons (October 14, 1895 – October 29, 2006) was an American semi-professional and professional baseball player for African-American teams in the pre-Negro League era, and became the longest-lived professional baseball player in history.
  • Andrejs Krūkliņš
    Andrejs Krūkliņš (10 January 1891 – 10 November 2001) was a Latvian track and field athlete who competed for the Russian Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
  • Paul of Thebes
    Paul of Thebes, commonly known as Paul, the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite (d. c. 341) is regarded as the first Christian hermit.
  • Cécile Fatiman
    Cécile Fatiman (fl. 1791), was a Haitian vodou priestess, a mambo (Voodoo).
  • Fulla Nayak
    Fulla Nayak (died 18 November 2006) was an Indian woman who was claimed to have died aged 125, which would make her the oldest woman ever.
  • Gregorio Celli
    Blessed Gregorio Celli (1225 - 11 May 1343) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Saint Augustine.
  • Nyala Rinpoche
    Nyala Rinpoche Rigdzin Changchub Dorje (1826 – 1961/1978) was a teacher of Dzogchen, terton and practitioner of Tibetan medicine.
  • Jane Lewson
    Jane Lewson (née Vaughan) (1700-1816), commonly known as Lady Lewson, was an eccentric centenarian.