Inah Canabarro Lucas | |
|---|---|
 Canabarro in 1928 | |
| Born | 8 June 1908 (age 115 years, 314 days) |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Occupation | Nun |
| Known for | Oldest person in Brazil |
Inah Canabarro Lucas (also known as Sister Inah; born 8 June 1908) [1] is a Brazilian nun and supercentenarian who has been the world's oldest living nun since the death of Lucile Randon on 17 January 2023. [2] [3] [4]
Canabarro was born on 8 June 1908 in São Francisco de Assis, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil to Joao Antonio Lucas and Mariana Canabarro Lucas. [1] She worked as a kindergarten teacher at Santa Tereza de Jesus High School, having taught João Figueiredo, the 30th president of Brazil. [5] Additionally, she is the great-granddaughter of General David Canabarro, who fought in the Ragamuffin War. [6] Pope Francis sent a message of congratulations to her on her 110th birthday. [7]
She is the second-oldest nun in history, behind Lucile Randon. [1] In May 2023, the local archdiocese celebrated her 115th birthday. [8]
Porto Alegre is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the 12th-most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's fifth-largest metropolitan area, with 4,405,760 inhabitants (2010). The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian state.
Porto Alegre–Salgado Filho International Airport is the airport serving Porto Alegre and the region of Greater Porto Alegre, Brazil. Since October 12, 1951, it is named after the Senator and first Minister of the Brazilian Air Force Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho (1888–1950).
The climate in Brazil varies considerably from mostly tropical north to temperate zones south of the Tropic of Capricorn.
Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, commonly known as Grêmio, is a Brazilian professional football club based in Porto Alegre, capital city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The club plays in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, the first division of the Brazilian football league system, and the Campeonato Gaúcho, Rio Grande do Sul's top state league. The club was founded in 1903 by businessman Cândido Dias da Silva and other 32 men, mostly from the large community of German immigrants of Porto Alegre.
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David José Martins, known as David Canabarro was a Brazilian general.
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Bom Fim is a neighborhood in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. It was created by the law number 2022 from December 7, 1959.
Events in the year 2015 in Brazil:
Rádio Gaúcha is a Brazilian radio station in Porto Alegre, capital of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is owned and operated by Grupo RBS, the major media company in Rio Grande do Sul and one of the most important media conglomerates in Brazil. The station broadcasts a news/talk and sports programming, as well as live sports coverage. Its broadcast in FM 93.7 MHz, with owned and operated stations in Santa Maria, Caxias do Sul and Rio Grande. Until 2021, Rádio Gaúcha was also broadcast in AM 600 kHz. The station's AM night signal, through propagating sky waves from the ionosphere, reached parts of Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo and parts of Uruguay and Argentina. On July 21, 2021, the AM signal has been switch-off. With the change, the radio station starts to focus on the FM dial, on its O&Os and affiliated stations and on digital platforms, following the trend of discontinuation of AM radio in the Brazilian radio market.
Lucile Randon, also known as Sister André, was a French supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 118 years, 340 days, was the world's oldest verified living person following the death of Kane Tanaka of Japan on 19 April 2022. She is the fourth-oldest verified person ever, as well as the oldest confirmed survivor of the COVID-19 pandemic, having tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 a month before her 117th birthday.
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Maria Branyas Morera is an American-born Spanish supercentenarian who, at the age of 117 years, 44 days, has been the world's oldest verified living person since the death of Lucile Randon (1904–2023) on 17 January 2023. She is also the last verified living person born in 1907.
Jeferson Tenorio is a Brazilian writer. He was born in Rio de Janeiro and now lives in Porto Alegre. He obtained a PhD in Literary Theory from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS). His stage texts and short stories have been translated into English and Spanish.
Miss Rio Grande do Sul is a Brazilian Beauty pageant which selects the representative for the State of Rio Grande do Sul at the Miss Brazil contest. The pageant was created in 1954 and has been held every year since with the exception of 1990, 1993, and 2020. The pageant is held annually with representation of several municipalities. Since 2023, Bebeto Azevêdo has been the state director of Miss Rio Grande do Sul. Rio Grande do Sul is the state with the most crowns in the national contest and also the state that produced the first Miss Brazil to win the Miss Universe contest, Iêda Maria Vargas of Porto Alegre.
Porongos Massacre or Porongos Betrayal was the penultimate confrontation of the Ragamuffin War (1835-1845) and occurred on November 14, 1844. The battle was primarily responsible for ending the longest of Brazil's revolutions.
Arroio Dilúvio is a brook (arroio) in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, that flows in areas with high population density. It was or still is known by other names: Riacho Ipiranga, Arroio da Azenha, Riacho or Riachinho and even Arroio do Sabão, this being the current name of the stream that gives it its most distant source.