The oldest person in the world, nun Ina Canabarro Lucas, has died at the age of 116.

The oldest person on Earth, Brazilian nun Ina Canabarro Lucas, has died at the age of 116 years and 326 days. This was reported on Thursday, May 1, by the French TV channel BFMTV with reference to the religious community of the city of Porto Alegre.

Lucas was born on June 8, 1908 in the southern city of San Francesco d'Assisi. She was ordained a nun at the age of 26.

"On this day, when the resurrection embraces Sister Ina Canabarro, we thank her for her devotion and devotion and ask the Lord to accept her into his infinite love," the Congregation of the Theresian Sisters of Brazil said in a statement.

On her 110th birthday, the nun received a blessing from Pope Francis, who died on the morning of April 21 at the age of 89 and was buried in Rome over the weekend.

According to the Gerontology Research Group of the USA (GRG), after the death of the nun, the English Ethel Caterham, who lives in Surrey, became the oldest woman. She is now 115 years and 252 days old.

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Earlier, on January 4, the oldest inhabitant of the planet, Tomiko Itoka, died in Japan at the age of 116. She was born on May 23, 1908 in Osaka, Japan. On August 19, 2024, after the death of Spaniard Maria Branhas Morera at the age of 117, Itoka was recognized as the oldest person on Earth.