The oldest person in the world, the Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas, died on Wednesday April 30 at the age of 116 and 326 days, announced the Congregation of the Theresian sisters in which they lived in the city of Porto Alegre.
The new dean of humanity is now an Englishwoman, Ethel Caterham, who lives in the county of Surrey (South-East), and is now 115 years and 252 days, according to the gerontology research group in the United States (GRG) and Longeviquet.
Born on June 8, 1908 in the city of Saint-François d’Assise, in the south of the country, Inah Canabarro Lucas was recognized as dean of humanity after the death in January of Japanese Tomiko Itoka, also 116 years old, according to GRG and Longeviquet.
“On this day, that the resurrection embraces Sister Inah Canabarro, we give thanks for his commitment and his devotion, we ask the Lord, father of kindness, to receive it and to welcome him in his infinite love”said the Congregation of the Theresian sisters of Brazil in a press release.
Second oldest nun in history
At 16, she began her religious initiation in a school of the Theresian sisters in Santana Do Livramento, near the border with Uruguay, before living briefly in Montevideo. Religious order at the age of 26, returning to her country, she began a long career as a religious service, where she was also a teacher and secretary.
Asked about the reasons for his longevity, she attributed it to God. “He is the secret of life. He is the secret of everything ”she said.
In 2018, at almost 110 years old, she received the apostolic blessing of Pope Francis, according to Longeviquet.
Inah Canabarro Lucas is the second oldest nun in history, after French Lucile Randon, who lived up to 118 years.