a 116-year-old nun from Brazil became the oldest inhabitant of the Earth
6 January 06:02
a 116-year-old nun from Brazil, Ina Canabarro Lucas, has been recognized as the oldest inhabitant of the planet. This was reported on the website of the Guinness Book of Records, Komersant ukrainskyi reports
Earlier, the oldest inhabitant of the planet was also a 116-year-old woman, a resident of Japan, Tomiko Itooka, who was born on May 23, 1908. Her death became known on January 4.
The nun from the city of Porto Alegre in southern Brazil became the oldest person in the world at the age of 116 years and 210 days.
It is noted that Canabarro Lucas is also the oldest nun in the world.
Canabarro Lucas was born on June 8, 1908, and was so thin that there were fears that she would not live long.
the Brazilian woman began her “religious path” at the age of 16.
She lived in Brazil (in particular, she taught Portuguese and mathematics at school) and Uruguay (in Montevideo she became a nun). She has lived in Port Alegre since 1980.
