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Teresita Barajuen (September 16, 1907 – June 12, 2013) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun and member of the Order of Cistercians. Sister Barajuen is believed to hold the world record for the longest service in cloister. Sister Barajuen entered the Monastery of Santa María de Buenafuente del Sistal on April 16, 1927, when she was nineteen years old.〔 She remained as a cloistered nun at the monastery for 86 years.〔 Barajuen admitted in interviews that she did not originally intend to become a nun, but entered into religious life at the monastery due to family pressures.〔 She and her fellow nuns were forced to flee the monastery during the Spanish Civil War due to fighting in the region.〔 In August 2011, Sister Barajuen left the monastery for the first time in forty years to meet with Pope Benedict XVI, who was visiting Madrid for World Youth Day 2011.〔〔 Barajuen had entered the cloistered monastery on April 16, 1927, the same day that Benedict XVI was born.〔 Sister Barajuean was one of ten Spanish nuns featured in a 2013 book, ''What is a Girl Like You Doing In A Place Like This?'', by Jesús García, a journalist with ''El Mundo'', a major daily newspaper.〔 Sister Barajuen died during the night of June 12, 2013, at the age of 105.〔 Her death was reported by Sister Maria Romero, abbess of the Buenafuente del Sistal monastery.〔 〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Teresita Barajuen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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