Inah Canarro Lucas is dead. The 116-year-old Brazilian nun was the oldest person in the world

The 116-year-old Brazilian inah Canarro Lucas, who was the oldest person in the world is dead. It is known who took over this title.

Inah Canarro Lucas was born in 1908, when Theodore Roosevelt was the president of the United States, penicillin was not discovered yet, and the films were still silent – reminds CNN.

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She indicated the secret to her longevity

Apparently, in her youth Canarro was so slim that many people around her surrounded her environment wondered if she would live to adulthood, let alone a centenary.

Canarro thought that longevity was the result of her hot faith. – God is the secret to life. He is the secret to everything – she said in one of the interviews.

She made religious weddings in 1930. Starting from the 1930s, she worked as a Portuguese language teacher and mathematics in Rio de Janeiro. She continued the teacher's work for the next few decades. On the occasion of the 110th birthday in 2018, she received a papal blessing from Pope Francis.

Football fan

In a film published in 2024 by Longeviquest, a database that tracks the life of superstulators (people over 110 years of age), the nun joked and refused the prayer “Our Father”, and also shared miniature pictures that she made of wild flowers. – I am young, pretty and friendly – you also have all these very good, positive features – she said visiting her at home peaceful old age in the Brazilian port of Alegre.

One of the passions of Canarro was football. She was a devoted fan of the local Internacional Club, which has its headquarters in Porto Alegre. On Wednesday, when she was informed about her death, the club issued a statement in which he paid tribute to her “kindness, faith and love.”

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The oldest person in the world is the British

After the death of Canarro, the oldest person in the world is currently 115-year-old British Ethel Caterham.

Caterham, born in 1909, is the last living person who was born under the reign of King Edward VII. She is also the oldest British in history – noted the AFP agency.

When asked about the secret to her longevity, she said that she would never argue with anyone. “I listen and then do what I want,” she said.

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