| Justina Santana Xavier da Silva | |
 Santana Xavier da Silva on 22 February 2021 at the claimed age of 114, after being vaccinated against Covid-19 | |
| Birth: | 10 January 1907? Rosario Oeste, Mato Grosso, Brazil |
| Age: | 117 years, 99 days? |
| Country: |  BRA
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| Longevity claimant | |
Justina Santana Xavier da Silva (10 January 1907? - fl. 10 January 2022) was a Brazilian longevity claimant whose age is currently unvalidated by the Guinness World Records (GWR). If her claimed age were validated, she would have been the oldest living person in Brazil and in Latin America, being older than Inah Canabarro Lucas, as well as the oldest living person in the world since the death of Lucile Randon on 17 January 2023, being older than Maria Branyas Morera.
Biography[]
Justina Santana Xavier da Silva claimed to have been born on 10 January 1907 in Rosario Oeste, Mato Grosso, Brazil [Portuguese: Rosário Oeste]. She had at least one daughter who was born in 1927 which made her 93 in 2021.
On 22 February 2021, at the claimed age of 114, she was vaccinated against COVID-19. She liked to go to mass, but was no longer able to because of the coronavirus pandemic. She celebrated her claimed 114th birthday in 2021.
Following the death of Antonia da Santa Cruz on 23 January 2022, she became a claimant to become the oldest known living person in Brazil, as well as in all of Latin America.
Following the death of Lucile Randon on 17 January 2023, she became a claimant to become the oldest known living person in the world.
Justina Santana Xavier da Silva was last confirmed to be alive on her claimed 115th birthday on 10 January 2022 when she lived in Jardim Cuiaba, Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil [Portuguese: Cuiabá] at the claimed age of 115 years.
References[]
- Equipe do Programa Melhor em Casa imuniza idosa de 114 anos Prefeitura de Cuiabá, 23 February 2021
- MATO-GROSSENSE COMPLETA 115 ANOS!!! CIENTISTA (YouTube), January 2022