Oldest person in the world: Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas died

Oldest person in the world: Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas died

The world's oldest person, sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, died at the age of 116, as her order announced on Wednesday.

CV of Inah Canabarro Lucas

The football -loving Brazilian nun became the oldest person in the world in January after the Japanese Tomiko Itoka died, according to Guinness World Records (GWR).

When Canabarro was born on June 8, 1908, Theodore Roosevelt was still president of the United States, Penicillin was not yet discovered, and films were silent.

dispute over the date of birth

However, there are some controversy regarding your exact date of birth. The Associated Press reported that her 84-year-old nephew Cleber Canabarro reported that her birth was registered two weeks later and that she was actually born on May 27th.

Canabarro was very thin in her childhood, so many doubts that she would reach adulthood, let alone a century old.

believe as the key to longevity

in teenage she turned to religiosity and repeatedly emphasized that her Catholic faith was the secret of her exceptionally long life. "God is the secret of life. He is the secret of everything," she once said, according to Longeviquest, a database that persecutes the life of Supercentenarians. On her 110th birthday she received a blessing of Pope Francis.

life path and social commitment

After two years in Montevideo, Uruguay, Canabarro returned to Brazil, lived in Rio de Janeiro and finally came to her home state Rio Grande Do Sul. She worked for a large part of her life as a teacher and General João Figueiredo, the military dictator, who ruled Brazil from 1979 to 1985, was one of her former students.

Canabarro was a life of her local football club, Sport Club Internacional (Inter), who celebrated her birthday every year. The club published a Explanation , in which they honored their faith and their love.

successor of Inah Canabarro Lucas

With the death of Canabarro, the English great -grandmother Ethel Caterham became the oldest person in the world. Caterham is 115 years old and 252 days old, according to GWR.

It is assumed that Caterham is the last living person who was born in 1909 and is the last British person born before 1913 added GWR.

Canabarro was the second oldest Brazilian and the 15th oldest person ever, according to Longeviquest. Jeanne Louise Calment, who was born on February 21, 1875 and lived for 122 years and 164 days, was the title of the oldest ever recorded.