Francisca Celsa dos Santos

Francisca Celsa dos Santos (born 22 October 1904) is a Brazilian supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography
Francisca Celsa dos Santos was born in Cascavel, Ceara, Brazil, on 22 October 1904. Her parents were Raimundo Gertrudes dos Santos and Maria do Espirito Santo. She had 6 children in total. Her husband died in 1978.

At the age of 85, she was diagnosed with a malignant tumor. According to her daughter, even the doctors had given up hope for her mother's life, so the family took her back home. Her daughter said that they relied on faith after that: “''One night I woke up and she was looking for the rosary to pray. After that we prayed together, even without being very religious at the time. We treated the disease with some home remedies and we have not went back to doctors, and she is still alive today''”. Since 2012, she can no longer walk. As of November 2019, she is cared for by one of her three daughters, Nazete Monteiro (aged 73 in 2019). According to her daughter, she does not take any medication and rarely gets sick.

Francisca Celsa dos Santos currently lives in Messejana, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil, at the age of.