The Guinness Book of World Records named the oldest person in the world: why her family feared she would not live to see the age of majority. Photo

Inah Canabarro Lucas, a 116-year-old nun from Brazil, has entered the Guinness Book of World Records as the oldest person in the world. The nun began her religious journey as a teenager, and celebrating her 110th birthday, she received an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis. Despite her age, the woman is in fairly good health, although her relatives used to fear that she would not even live to be 18.

This was reported on the official website of Guinness World Records. It is noted that the record holder devoted most of her life to teaching, so she was able to visit many parts of the world.

Inah Canabarro Lucas was born on June 8, 1908, in the Brazilian city of São Francisco de Assis, located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. As a child, she was so thin that many of her relatives believed that she would not even live to see adulthood. However, ironically, everything turned out to be quite the opposite.

The record holder began her religious journey at the age of 16. At first, she studied at the Santa Teresa de Jesus boarding school. Eventually, the Brazilian moved to Uruguay, where she took a vow to become a nun on July 27, 1934. After an important event in her life, Inah Canabarro Lucas returned to her homeland. She became a teacher of Portuguese and math.

In 1980, the woman took a high position in the Provincial House in Porto Alegre. When Inah Canabarro Lucas celebrated her 110th birthday in 2018, a rather important event took place in her life. The record holder received an apostolic blessing from Pope Francis.

It is worth noting that the nun entered the Guinness Book of World Records after Japanese pensioner Tomiko Itooka passed away. The life of the long-lived woman, who in August 2024 was named the oldest person in the world, ended at the age of 116.

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