Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, a Brazilian nun and the world’s oldest person, has died at the age of 116.

She was born on June 8, 1908, in Rio Grande do Sul, a state in southern Brazil. Sister Inah joined religious life in her early 20s and remained committed to her faith for nearly a century.

Her family shared that she never missed celebrating her birthday—and always did so with a cake shaped like the stadium of her favorite football team, Sport Club Internacional.

A passionate fan, she wore the team's scarf on her 116th birthday and even owned pillows and shirts with the club’s logo.

In 2018, she received a blessing from Pope Francis. When asked about the secret to her long life, she humbly replied: "He [God] is the secret to life."

Her nephew explained that Sister Inah had not been suffering from any illness, but that her body had slowly begun to shut down. She passed away peacefully at the home of the Teresian Sisters in Porto Alegre, where she had lived for many years.

Sport Club Internacional expressed their sorrow on X (formerly Twitter), saying they were saddened by her passing and praised her for living a life filled with kindness, faith, and love for the team.

Sister Rita Fernandes Barbosa, who works at the religious home, told RBS TV that Sister Inah enjoyed good health for most of her life. She only had her first surgery—a cataract operation—at the age of 106.

Her family said that although her hearing and sight had weakened in recent years, she still enjoyed her daily routine. "She liked to get up, eat, and pray and sleep at the same time each day," they said.

Another nun, Sister Terezinha Aragon, described her as someone who "never complained." She added, "She is very grateful, and good-humoured," in an interview from January, when Sister Inah became the world’s oldest person following the death of Japan’s Tomiko Itooka, also aged 116.

Sister Inah’s religious journey began early. At age 16, she joined a Catholic boarding school and later spent time in Montevideo, Uruguay, before returning to Brazil in 1930. She went on to teach Portuguese and mathematics in Rio de Janeiro.

Sister Rita credited her longevity to her structured way of living. "Discipline in her work and in her life, she always worked a lot and was always very sociable and welcoming."

With her passing, the title of the world’s oldest living person now belongs to 115-year-old Ethel Caterham from Surrey, England.