Saints Who Lived to a 100 or More (Part Two)

Introduction
Below is the second list of eight centenarian saints. One was a very active bishop, while the seven others were basically contemplatives. In this second list, three lived to 100 years of age, while the five others lived to be more than a hundred. (The years given for each saint may differ in other sources that give an account of their biographies).

Second list of centenerian-saints

• St. Demetrius: (126-231), bishop, taught the theologian Origen
• St. Alexis Falconieri: (1200-1310), hermit, one of the founders of the Servites, the only one of the original Seven Holy Founders still alive when the Servite Order was approved in 1304 A.D.
• St. Gilbert of Sempringham: (1083-1189), priest, founder of the Gilbertine Order
• Blessed Gregory dei Celli: (1225-1343), joined the Hermits of St. Gregory, and then joined the Franciscans of Monte Carnerio
• St. John of Reomay: (444-544), became a monk at Lerins, founded an abbey, and known for his holiness and miracles
• St. John the Silent: (454-558), founder of a monastery, was one of the bishops of Armenia, lived as a hermit in the desert, and of his 104 years of life 75 of these years were spent in silence and solitude
• St. Nicholas of Forca Palena: (1349-1449), priest, founded the Hermits of St. Jerome, joined his community with Blessed Peter of Pisa's Hieronymites
• Blessed Odo of Novara: (1100-1200), a Carthusian monk, prior of monastery in Slavonia, and chaplain to nuns of the convent at Tagliacozzo

Summary
In this second list of centenarian-saints, five founded religious communities, one worked as a bishop of a diocese in Armenia, and two were members of religious communities. We can see in this second list that being active is no deterrent from living a long life. Even the seven contemplatives in this list worked hard in their own way: five founded religious communities, while the other two did not have the call to found their own communities but still had to do the manual work required of them in their respective religious communities.