Inah Canabarro Lucas
Inah Canabarro Lucas | |
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 Inah Canabarro Lucas in 2023 | |
| Born | 8 June 1908 (age 116 years, 215 days) |
| Occupation | Nun |
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Inah Canabarro Lucas (born 8 June 1908)[1] is a Brazilian nun and supercentenarian who has been the world's oldest living person since the death of Tomiko Itooka on 29 December 2024,[2] as well as the world's oldest living nun since the death of Lucile Randon on 17 January 2023.[3][4][5]
Biography
[edit]Canabarro was born on 8 June 1908[a] in São Francisco de Assis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil to João Antonio Lucas and Mariana Canabarro.[6] As a child, she was very skinny, and many in her community didn't think she would survive into adulthood.[7] She worked as a kindergarten teacher at Santa Tereza de Jesus High School, having taught João Figueiredo, the 30th president of Brazil.[8] Additionally, she is the great-granddaughter of General David Canabarro, who fought in the Ragamuffin War.[9] Pope Francis sent a message of congratulations to her on her 110th birthday.[10]
She became the oldest living person in Brazil following the death of Antonia da Santa Cruz (1905–2022) on 23 January 2022.[11] In May 2023, the local archdiocese celebrated her 115th birthday.[a][12]
She became the oldest living person in the world, as well as the last living person born in 1908 following the death of Tomiko Itooka on 29 December 2024.[13][14]
She is the second-oldest nun in history, behind Lucile Randon,[6] and the oldest verified living person in the world.[15]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Inah Canabarro Lucas". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "Brazilian nun inherits world's oldest person title from Japan's Tomiko Itooka". Sky News. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "World Supercentenarian Rankings List". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Supercentenarians: Longevity secrets of those who live to be 110, and older". gulfnews.com. 15 August 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ "Inah Canabarro Lucas". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b "Inah Canabarro Lucas, 114". Gerontology Research Group. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Oldest nun Inah Canabarro Lucas who was blessed by the pope becomes world's oldest person". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ "Figueiredo ve conciliacao como ato de dar e receber". Jornal do Brazil (in Portuguese). 21 September 1979. p. 2C.
- ^ Schuler, Roberta (3 June 2016). "Freira de Porto Alegre tem 108 anos e está sempre em atividade: "Eu não sou velha!"". GZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Chaves, Ricardo (26 May 2018). "Freira gaúcha completa 110 anos e recebe parabéns do papa Francisco". GZH (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Inah Canabarro Lucas". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ "Irmã Inah Canabarro celebra 115 anos". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Porto Alegre. 27 May 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ Yamamoto, Yumi (4 January 2025). "World's Oldest Person, Tomiko Itooka, Dies at 116". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "World's oldest person Tomiko Itooka dies at 116". Sky News. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
- ^ "World Supercentenarian Rankings List – Gerontology Research Group". Retrieved 18 August 2024.