A nun who is believed to have been the oldest person in Malta has died aged 107.
Sister Lidia (Giuseppa) Formosa of the Sisters of Charity was born in Victoria on March 12, 1909. She joined the congregation 84 years ago and served as a nurse in different hospitals around Malta.
During World War II she worked at the Central Hospital in Floriana and then continued with her work as a nurse at St Vincent de Paul Residence for the elderly.
For the past few years she lived in the Sisters of Charity convent in Balzan.