Inah Canabarro Lucas, a 116-year-old nun from Brazil, has taken the title of world's oldest person following the passing of Tomiko Itooka.
Inah Canabarro Lucas, a 116-year-old nun from Brazil, has become the world's oldest person . Lucas is now recognized as both the oldest living woman and the oldest living person after Tomiko Itooka's passing. Itooka, who held the title of oldest living woman and oldest living person since August 2024, died at the age of 116 at her nursing home in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, her death was not confirmed until Jan. 4. Lucas attributes her longevity to the Lord. 'He is the secret of life.
He is the secret of everything,' she said. According to Guinness World Records, Lucas was born on June 8, 1908, in São Francisco de Assis in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Her religious education began when she studied at the Santa Teresa de Jesus boarding school in Santana do Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in December 1928. Lucas moved to Montevideo, Uruguay, where she was confirmed in the Catholic Church in October 1929 at the age of 21, per LongeviQuest, before returning to Brazil to teach Portuguese and mathematics at a school in Tijuca, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, in 1930. According to LongeviQuest, she took her vows to become a nun in July 1934 at the age of 26 and began working as a teacher in Santana do Livramento in the early 1940
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