Maria da Conceicao Brito

	Portugal's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)
	Maria da Conceicao Silva • Unknown • Maria Alves de Jesus • Unknown • Maria Pereira • Unknown • Custodia Jacinto • Unknown • Mariana Chiromo • Unknown • Elvira de Jesus Caldeira • Jose Ferreira Andrade • Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes • Maria de Jesus • Augusto Moreira de Oliveira • Antonio de Castro • Maria Luiza Nunes da Silva • Carmelina Augusta Delgado • Maria Dolores Ferreira • Laurinda da Conceicao • Maria da Conceicao • Joaquina Martins • Romana Marques • Maria da Encarnacao Sousa • Isabel Gomes Sarmento • Inacia Carmelino • Maria da Conceicao Brito

	Maria da Conceicao Brito
	; Maria da Conceicao at age 109
	Validated

Maria da Conceicao Brito [Portuguese: Conceição] (born 31 December 1912) is a Portuguese supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in September 2023. She is currently the oldest known living person in Portugal.

Biography[]

Maria da Conceicao Brito was born in Sao Romao, Faro, Faro District, Portugal on 31 December 1912.

She worked in agriculture, mowing the lawn, picking olives, broad beans and carobs. She also took care of the housework. At some point in her life, she got married and the couple had at least one son named Rogerio.

Maria da Conceicao lived in her own home until she was 99 and then she went to the nursing home Santa Casa da Misericórdia de São Brás de Alportel, where she currently lives. She is nicknamed as "The Queen" in Sao Bras de Alportel.

In December 2022, Brito celebrated her 110th birthday. She is the first supercentenarian from Faro District and Algarve, as well as the first known supercentenarian from the south of Portugal. On her 110th birthday she still remains lucid, but as she has a strong personality, she told the reporters that she didn't enjoy her birthday party.

She became the oldest known living person in Portugal, following the death of 112-year-old Inacia Carmelino on 20 August 2023.

Maria da Conceicao Brito currently lives in Sao Bras de Alportel, Faro District, Portugal, at the age of 111 years, 278 days. She is also the last known living person in Portugal born in 1912.