Football-loving Brazilian nun, world's oldest person, dies at 116

The world's oldest person, Brazilian nun Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, has died astatine the property of 116.

Born connected 8 June 1908 successful the confederate Brazilian authorities of Rio Grande bash Sul, Inah Canabarro Lucas became a Catholic nun successful her aboriginal 20s.

Her household said she ever celebrated her day with a barroom successful the signifier of the stadium of her beloved Sport Club Internacional - Porto Alegre's shot team.

Sister Inah, who was blessed by Pope Francis successful 2018, enactment her longevity down to her faith, saying that "he [God] is the concealed to life". The rubric of the oldest surviving idiosyncratic volition present walk to 115-year-old Ethel Caterham from Surrey successful England.

Sister Inah's nephew said the 116-year-old had not had immoderate unwellness but her assemblage "had gradually stopped" working. She died successful the metropolis of Porto Alegre astatine a location belonging to the Teresian Sisters, the spiritual assemblage she was portion of.

A keen shot fan, she had celebrated her 116th day wearing the scarf of her favourite team.

She besides owned respective Internacional shirts and adjacent had a postulation of pillows adorned with the team's logo, according to media reports.

Sport Club Internacional posted a connection of condolence connected X, saying it had learned "with tremendous sadness of her passing" and celebrated her life, which it said was based connected kindness, religion and emotion of the shot club.

Sister Rita Fernandes Barbosa, a co-ordinator astatine the spiritual location wherever Sister Inah lived, told RBS TV that the 116-year-old had enjoyed bully wellness for astir of her life.

Sister Rita said the nun had not had immoderate surgeries until she underwent a cataract cognition aged 106.

Her household said that she could not perceive oregon spot precise good towards the extremity of her beingness but that she enjoyed sticking to a routine.

"She liked to get up, eat, and commune and slumber astatine the aforesaid clip each day," her relatives told Brazilian TV.

A chap Teresian nun said that Sister Inah "never complained".

"She is precise grateful, and good-humoured," Sister Terezinha Aragon told Brazilian TV successful January, erstwhile Sister Inah became the world's oldest idiosyncratic aft the decease of the erstwhile holder of the title, Japanese pistillate Tomiko Itooka astatine the property of 116.

Born connected 8 June 1908, Sister Inah had a spiritual vocation from aboriginal connected successful her life, joining a spiritual boarding schoolhouse astatine the property of 16.

She lived successful the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, for immoderate clip earlier taking her vows but returned to Brazil successful 1930, wherever she taught Portuguese and maths astatine a schoolhouse successful Rio.

Sister Rita enactment the 116-year-old's longevity down to discipline.

"Discipline successful her enactment and successful her life, she ever worked a batch and was ever precise sociable and welcoming."