Custódia Maria Inácia is a Portuguese supercentenarian who is the fourth-oldest known living person in the country. Her age has not been validated by LongeviQuest (LQ).
Inácia was born in Odemira, a town in Portugal’s Beja District, on 26 April 1913. She never went to school and is illiterate. Her first job was picking olives at the age of four. From a very young age, she worked in agriculture, and later as a housekeeper.
In 2018, at the age of 105, Inácia moved into a nursing home in Faro, Faro District. She recovered from COVID-19 aged 107. She became the first supercentenarian born in the region of Alentejo in 2023.
Biography partially sourced from Gerontology Wiki
Inácia was first noted for her longevity, apart from a brief mention aged 103, on her 108th birthday. Her 110th birthday was also widely reported in Portuguese media.
https://www.cmjornal.pt/multimedia/videos/detalhe/idosa-comemora-108-anos-depois-de-ja-ter-recuperado-da-covid-19
https://www.cmjornal.pt/portugal/detalhe/avozinha-do-lar-da-santa-casa-da-misericordia-de-faro-celebra-110-anos
