Key Facts

• Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas was the oldest person in the world until her death at the age of 116.
• She was born on 8 June 1908 in Rio Grande do Sul, a state in southern Brazil.
• She became a Catholic nun in her early 20s.
• On her birthdays, she celebrated with a cake shaped like the stadium of her favorite football team, Sport Club Internacional.
• Her long life, she claimed, was due to her faith.
• The title of the world's oldest living person now belongs to Ethel Caterham, who is 115 and lives in England.
• Sister Inah died in Porto Alegre, at a home belonging to the Teresian Sisters, her religious community.
• Sister Inah had not been ill, but her body had progressively slowed down leading to her death.