List of Italian supercentenarians
This is a list of Italian supercentenarians (people from Italy who have attained the age of at least 110 years). As of 20 August 2017, there are 14 living supercentenarians in Italy (10 of them in the list of 100 oldest ever), the oldest of whom is Giuseppina Projectto, born 30 May 1902, aged 115 years, 82 days. Emma Morano (1899–2017) is the oldest Italian person ever.[1]
100 oldest Italian people ever
Deceased
Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 20 August 2017
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age [†] | Region or country of birth | Region of death |
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1 | Emma Morano[1] | F | 29 November 1899 | 15 April 2017 | 117 years, 137 days | Piedmont | Piedmont |
2 | Marie Josephine Gaudette[1] | F | 25 March 1902 | 13 July 2017 | 115 years, 110 days | United States | Lazio |
3 | Giuseppina Projetto[1] | F | 30 May 1902 | Living | 115 years, 82 days | Sardinia | Living in Tuscany |
4 | Venere Pizzinato[2] | F | 23 November 1896 | 2 August 2011 | 114 years, 252 days | Trentino-Alto Adige[lower-alpha 1] | Veneto |
5 | Maria Giuseppa Robucci[1] | F | 20 March 1903 | Living | 114 years, 153 days | Apulia | Living in Apulia |
6 | Virginia Dighero[3] | F | 24 December 1891 | 28 December 2005 | 114 years, 4 days | Liguria | Liguria |
7 | Maria Redaelli[1] | F | 3 April 1899 | 2 April 2013 | 113 years, 364 days | Lombardy | Lombardy |
8 | Maria Gravigi[1] | F | 3 March 1900 | 15 August 2013 | 113 years, 165 days | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
9 | Maria Teresa Fumarola[3] | F | 2 December 1889 | 14 May 2003 | 113 years, 163 days | Apulia | Apulia |
10 | Lucia Lauria[4] | F | 4 March 1896 | 28 June 2009 | 113 years, 116 days | Basilicata | Basilicata |
11 | Stella Nardari[5] | F | 23 December 1898 | 23 February 2012 | 113 years, 62 days | Veneto | Veneto |
12 | Ida Frabboni [4] | F | 4 October 1896 | 2 November 2009 | 113 years, 29 days | Emilia-Romagna | Emilia-Romagna |
13 | Giulia Sani[3] | F | 15 September 1893 | 4 September 2006 | 112 years, 354 days | Tuscany | Tuscany |
14 | Antonio Todde[3] | M | 22 January 1889 | 3 January 2002 | 112 years, 346 days | Sardinia | Sardinia |
15 | Maria Muraro[3] | F | 29 March 1892 | 2 January 2005 | 112 years, 279 days | Veneto | Veneto |
16 | Rosa Bandini[1] | F | 11 September 1901 | 12 June 2014 | 112 years, 274 days | Emilia-Romagna | Emilia-Romagna |
17 | Emilia Zucchetti[1] | F | 28 August 1903 | 26 April 2016 | 112 years, 242 days | Veneto | Lombardy |
18 | Lina Grotta[4] | F | 22 November 1896 | 27 May 2009 | 112 years, 186 days | Tuscany | Tuscany |
19 | Giovanni Frau[3] | M | 29 December 1890 | 19 June 2003 | 112 years, 172 days | Sardinia | Sardinia |
20 | Serafina Naccarato[3] | F | 10 October 1893 | 29 March 2006 | 112 years, 170 days | Calabria | Marche |
21 | Lorenza Dotta[3] | F | 7 August 1894 | 11 January 2007 | 112 years, 157 days | Piedmont | Piedmont |
22 | Rosa Pesce[1] | F | 12 September 1902 | 9 January 2015 | 112 years, 119 days | Piedmont | Piedmont |
23 | Santa Gennari[2] | F | 23 February 1899 | 18 June 2011 | 112 years, 115 days | Marche | Marche |
24 | Anna Maria Rosati[1] | F | 4 May 1905 | Living | 112 years, 108 days | Lombardy | Living in Lombardy |
25 | Chelidonia Merosi[3] | F | 11 October 1883 | 10 December 1995 | 112 years, 60 days | Lazio | Lazio |
26 | Angela Case[2] | F | 21 July 1899 | 17 August 2011 | 112 years, 27 days | Veneto | Veneto |
27 | Elia Concari[1] | F | 14 July 1905 | 2 August 2017[6] | 112 years, 19 days | Abruzzo | Lombardy |
28 | Arturo Licata | M | 2 May 1902 | 24 April 2014 | 111 years, 357 days | Sicily | Sicily |
29 | Maria Crescini | F | 20 January 1904 | 17 December 2015 | 111 years, 331 days | Lombardy | Lombardy |
30 | Margherita Venzo | F | 21 February 1903 | 8 January 2015 | 111 years, 321 days | Veneto | Veneto |
31 | Maria Negri[3] | F | 12 March 1895 | 13 January 2007 | 111 years, 307 days | Veneto | Veneto |
32 | Mariannina Genovese | F | 15 October 1905 | Living | 111 years, 309 days | Sicily | Living in Sicily |
33 | Diega Cammalleri | F | 23 October 1905 | Living | 111 years, 301 days | Sicily | Living in Sicily |
34 | Valerio Piroddi | M | 13 November 1905 | Living | 111 years, 280 days | Sardinia | Living in Sardinia |
35 | Maria-Elisabetta Moro[7] | F | 11 February 1897 | 2 November 2008 | 111 years, 265 days | Veneto | Lazio |
36 | Lilla De Geronimi[3] | F | 2 December 1892 | 14 August 2004 | 111 years, 256 days | Liguria | Liguria |
37 | Maria Ciuffreda[2] | F | 21 June 1899 | 28 February 2011 | 111 years, 252 days | Apulia | Apulia |
38 | Maria Granello | F | 11 December 1904 | 11 August 2016 | 111 years, 244 days | Veneto | Veneto |
39 | Anita Tiburni[2] | F | 3 May 1900 | 27 December 2011 | 111 years, 238 days | Tuscany | Tuscany |
40 | Carolina Peretti[4] | F | 21 October 1897 | 15 June 2009 | 111 years, 237 days | Aosta Valley | Piedmont |
41 | Maria Antonia Zuccalà | F | 15 March 1905 | 15 October 2016 | 111 years, 214 days | Calabria | Calabria |
42 | Gesuina Donati[3] | F | 9 June 1893 | 1 January 2005 | 111 years, 206 days | Lazio | Lazio |
43 | Guerina Amedei | F | 31 January 1906 | Living | 111 years, 201 days | Emilia-Romagna | Living in Emilia-Romagna |
44 | Rosa Frau[1] | F | 12 August 1901 | 14 February 2013 | 111 years, 186 days | Sardinia | Sardinia |
45 | Maria Mattivi[1] | F | 29 November 1904 | 29 May 2016 | 111 years, 182 days | Trentino-Alto Adige[lower-alpha 2] | Trentino-Alto Adige |
46 | Maria Gentilini[3] | F | 12 May 1894 | 4 November 2005 | 111 years, 176 days | Emilia-Romagna | Emilia-Romagna |
47 | Ernesta Pizzocri[1] | F | 20 August 1901 | 6 February 2013 | 111 years, 170 days | Lombardy | Lombardy |
48 | Anna Benericetti | F | 22 March 1906 | Living | 111 years, 151 days | Emilia-Romagna | Living in Emilia-Romagna |
49 | Filomena Marongiu[1] | F | 23 October 1904 | 23 February 2016 | 111 years, 123 days | Sardinia | Sardinia |
50 | Elvira Raimondi[3] | F | 13 February 1890 | 25 May 2001 | 111 years, 101 days | Emilia-Romagna | Emilia-Romagna |
51 | Linda Zappettini[3] | F | 26 February 1892 | 20 May 2003 | 111 years, 83 days | Liguria | Liguria |
Carmela Mileo[2] | F | 27 November 1899 | 18 February 2011 | 111 years, 83 days | Calabria | Calabria | |
53 | Maria Frigerio | F | 10 April 1905 | 25 June 2016 | 111 years, 76 days | Piedmont | Piedmont |
54 | Angela Rogges[5] | F | 19 November 1900 | 23 January 2012 | 111 years, 65 days | Apulia | Apulia |
Maria Teresa Fossati | F | 9 September 1905 | 13 November 2016 | 111 years, 65 days | Piedmont | Liguria | |
56 | Theresia Staffler[8] | F | 15 November 1898 | 11 January 2010 | 111 years, 57 days | Trentino-Alto Adige[lower-alpha 3] | Trentino-Alto Adige |
57 | Domenica Di Tomasso[2] | F | 11 February 1900 | 7 April 2011 | 111 years, 55 days | Abruzzo | Abruzzo |
58 | Antonio Baldo[3] | M | 6 July 1887 | 28 August 1998 | 111 years, 53 days | Veneto | Veneto |
Teresa Ruberto[9] | F | 3 November 1896 | 26 December 2007 | 111 years, 53 days | Campania | Campania | |
60 | Salvina Martinelli[3] | F | 2 August 1892 | 18 September 2003 | 111 years, 47 days | Veneto | Veneto |
Grazia Spadafino[3] | F | 13 October 1893 | 29 November 2004 | 111 years, 47 days | Apulia | Apulia | |
Lidia Riso | F | 23 December 1905 | 8 February 2017 | 111 years, 47 days | Tuscany | Tuscany | |
63 | Orsola Perego[3] | F | 10 January 1892 | 23 February 2003 | 111 years, 44 days | Lombardy | Lombardy |
64 | Maria Santa Butera[1] | F | 2 December 1904 | 14 January 2016 | 111 years, 43 days | Sicily | Sicily |
65 | Giovanni Ligato[5] | M | 18 February 1901 | 2 March 2012 | 111 years, 13 days | Calabria | Liguria |
66 | Domenico Minervino[3] | M | 10 May 1880 | 22 May 1991 | 111 years, 12 days | Calabria | Calabria |
67 | Maddalena Figone[3] | F | 1 March 1881 | 6 March 1992 | 111 years, 5 days | Liguria | Liguria |
68 | Valentino Stella[3] | M | 2 January 1886 | 1 January 1997 | 110 years, 365 days | Veneto | Veneto |
69 | Ida Severini[3] | F | 12 February 1893 | 6 February 2004 | 110 years, 359 days | Emilia-Romagna | Emilia-Romagna |
70 | Lida Bertonati[10] | F | 30 April 1867 | 17 April 1978 | 110 years, 352 days | Liguria | Tuscany |
71 | Giuseppina Deidda[2] | F | 25 January 1900 | 2 January 2011 | 110 years, 342 days | Sardinia | Sardinia |
72 | Cirilla Zenari[1] | F | 28 February 1902 | 2 February 2013 | 110 years, 340 days | Veneto | Veneto |
73 | Eleonora Casagrande[3] | F | 9 July 1886 | 6 June 1997 | 110 years, 332 days | Liguria | Liguria |
74 | Concetta La Rocca[5] | F | 4 June 1901 | 29 April 2012 | 110 years, 330 days | Sicily | Sicily |
75 | Emilia Revello[4] | F | 1 June 1898 | 24 April 2009 | 110 years, 327 days | Liguria | Liguria |
76 | Rosa Gai[3] | F | 19 June 1895 | 11 May 2006 | 110 years, 326 days | Piedmont | Lombardy |
77 | Teresa Brachetta[8] | F | 11 August 1899 | 24 June 2010 | 110 years, 317 days | Marche | Marche |
78 | Pasqualina Colli[3] | F | 17 May 1894 | 29 March 2005 | 110 years, 316 days | Lombardy | Lombardy |
79 | Renata Bianchi | F | 16 October 1906 | Living | 110 years, 308 days | Emilia-Romagna | Living in Emilia-Romagna |
80 | Carmela Velardi | F | 22 October 1906 | Living | 110 years, 302 days | Sicily | Living in Sicily |
81 | Maria Vencelj | F | 23 December 1905 | 8 October 2016 | 110 years, 290 days | Slovenia | Trentino-Alto Adige |
82 | Iolanda Giovanardi | F | 2 March 1906 | 15 December 2016 | 110 years, 288 days | Emilia-Romagna | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
83 | Alba Bertoni | F | 19 June 1904 | 1 April 2015 | 110 years, 286 days | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
84 | Bartolomea De Marie | F | 3 March 1904 | 13 December 2014 | 110 years, 285 days | Lombardy | Lombardy |
85 | Francesca Lo Presti[10] | F | 30 April 1890 | 5 February 2001 | 110 years, 281 days | Sicily | Lazio |
86 | Vincenza Pannuti | F | 16 September 1860 | 23 June 1971 | 110 years, 280 days | Calabria | Calabria |
Addolorata De Vitis[3] | F | 1 April 1887 | 6 January 1998 | 110 years, 280 days | Apulia | Apulia | |
88 | Maria Campagna[7] | F | 1 August 1897 | 2 May 2008 | 110 years, 275 days | Emilia-Romagna | Emilia-Romagna |
89 | Rosina Nicolli | F | 12 March 1904 | 10 December 2014 | 110 years, 273 days | Trentino-Alto Adige | Trentino-Alto Adige |
90 | Maria Barbieri | F | 27 July 1904 | 17 April 2015 | 110 years, 264 days | Emilia-Romagna | Emilia-Romagna |
91 | Maria Artimini[2] | F | 16 September 1900 | 3 June 2011 | 110 years, 260 days | Tuscany | Tuscany |
92 | Maria Gandolfi[3] | F | 1 July 1896 | 15 March 2007 | 110 years, 257 days | Emilia-Romagna | Emilia-Romagna |
Rosalia Bonà | F | 22 September 1906 | 6 June 2017 | 110 years, 257 days | Lombardy | Lombardy | |
94 | Placida Antonina Flores[2] | F | 21 October 1900 | 3 July 2011 | 110 years, 255 days | Sicily | Sicily |
95 | Lina Sansuini[1] | F | 9 September 1902 | 19 May 2013 | 110 years, 252 days | Emilia-Romagna | Emilia-Romagna |
96 | Rosina Paesan | F | 14 October 1906 | 21 June 2017 | 110 years, 250 days | Veneto | Veneto |
97 | Virginia Broglia[3] | F | 11 October 1887 | 16 June 1998 | 110 years, 248 days | Lazio | Lazio |
98 | Francesca Adelfio | F | 4 March 1879 | 4 November 1989 | 110 years, 245 days | Sicily | Sicily |
99 | Anna Scarano[5] | F | 5 March 1902 | 22 October 2012 | 110 years, 231 days | Apulia | Lombardy |
100 | Luigia Zamparo | F | 23 April 1903 | 6 December 2013 | 110 years, 227 days | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Lazio |
20 oldest Italian emigrant people ever
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age [†] | Region of birth | Country of death |
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1 | Dina Guerri[5] | F | 4 April 1897 | 17 December 2012 | 115 years, 257 days | Emilia-Romagna | United States |
2 | Amalia Ruggieri[3] | F | 6 October 1884 | 26 June 1998 | 113 years, 263 days | Campania | United States |
3 | Cleufe Amarillide Paliani | F | 27 November 1876 | 15 May 1990 | 113 years, 169 days | Lazio | United States |
4 | Irene Zito[1] | F | 19 January 1903 | 7 May 2016 | 113 years, 109 days | Basilicata | United States |
5 | Maria Cimino[1] | F | 30 January 1901 | 10 November 2013 | 112 years, 284 days | Sicily | United States |
6 | Luisa Chiacchiari[3] | F | 10 December 1886 | 29 June 1999 | 112 years, 201 days | Molise | United States |
7 | Vincenza Balassone | F | 24 January 1903 | 26 June 2015 | 112 years, 153 days | Abruzzo | United States |
8 | Rosaria Caleca[9] | F | 5 February 1895 | 6 May 2007 | 112 years, 90 days | Sicily | United States |
9 | Maria Giuseppa Petraccone[3] | F | 25 September 1887 | 26 October 1999 | 112 years, 31 days | Lazio | Canada |
10 | Margherita Carossio | F | 10 August 1905 | Living | 112 years, 10 days | Piedmont | Living in Argentina |
11 | Maria Nicastro | F | 24 November 1905 | Living | 111 years, 269 days | Sicily | Living in France |
12 | Giuseppa Campagna | F | 1 January 1903 | 15 September 2014 | 111 years, 257 days | Sicily | United States |
13 | Anna Tecco[3] | F | 10 March 1892 | 30 September 2003 | 111 years, 204 days | Abruzzo | United States |
14 | Alba Benatti[1] | F | 21 March 1902 | 31 July 2013 | 111 years, 132 days | Lombardy | France |
15 | Natalina Erminia Gardella[3] | F | 25 December 1890 | 13 March 2002 | 111 years, 78 days | Liguria | United States |
16 | Francesca Careggio | F | 31 December 1904 | 13 February 2016 | 111 years, 44 days | Piedmont | United States |
17 | Adelaide Virginia Faziola | F | 4 May 1889 | 24 May 2000 | 111 years, 20 days | Liguria | United States |
18 | Antonia Maria Amore | F | 17 February 1905 | 18 February 2016 | 111 years, 1 day | Molise | United States |
19 | Lucia Canzano[3] | F | 20 October 1883 | 15 October 1994 | 110 years, 360 days | Abruzzo | United States |
20 | Antonio Pierro[3] | M | 22 February 1896 | 8 February 2007 | 110 years, 351 days | Basilicata | United States |
Chronological list of the oldest living person in Italy since 1991
Deceased Living
From | To | Name | Sex | Age(s) when oldest | Lifespan | Region of death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
? | 22 May 1991 | Domenico Minervino[3] | M | ? – 111 | 10 May 1880 – 22 May 1991 111 years, 12 days |
Calabria |
22 May 1991 | 6 March 1992 (289 days) |
Maddalena Figone[3] | F | 110 – 111 | 1 March 1881 – 6 March 1992 111 years, 5 days |
Liguria |
6 March 1992 | 7 January 1993 (307 days) |
Maria Sirianni[3] | F | 109 – 110 | 1 August 1882 – 7 January 1993 110 years, 159 days |
Calabria |
7 January 1993 | 16 October 1993 (282 days) |
Giuseppa Spolitu[3] | F | 109 – 110 | 12 September 1883 – 16 October 1993 110 years, 34 days |
Sardinia |
16 October 1993 | 10 December 1995 (2 years, 55 days) |
Chelidonia Merosi[3] | F | 110 – 112 | 11 October 1883 – 10 December 1995 112 years, 60 days |
Lazio |
10 December 1995 | 1 January 1997 (1 year, 22 days) |
Valentino Stella[3] | M | 109 – 110 | 2 January 1886 – 1 January 1997 110 years, 365 days |
Veneto |
1 January 1997 | 6 June 1997 (156 days) |
Eleonora Casagrande[3] | F | 110 | 9 July 1886 – 6 June 1997 110 years, 332 days |
Liguria |
6 June 1997 | 6 January 1998 (214 days) |
Addolorata De Vitis[3] | F | 110 | 1 April 1887 – 6 January 1998 110 years, 280 days |
Apulia |
6 January 1998 | 28 August 1998 (234 days) |
Antonio Baldo[3] | M | 110 – 111 | 6 July 1887 – 28 August 1998 111 years, 53 days |
Veneto |
28 August 1998 | 4 February 1999 (160 days) |
Giovanna Lizzio[3] | F | 109 – 110 | 19 November 1888 – 4 February 1999 110 years, 77 days |
Sicily |
4 February 1999 | 3 January 2002 (2 years, 333 days) |
Antonio Todde[3] | M | 110 – 112 | 22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002 112 years, 346 days |
Sardinia |
3 January 2002 | 14 May 2003 (1 year, 131 days) |
Teresa Fumarola[3] | F | 112 – 113 | 2 December 1889 – 14 May 2003 113 years, 163 days |
Apulia |
14 May 2003 | 19 June 2003 (36 days) |
Giovanni Frau[3] | M | 112 | 29 December 1890 – 19 June 2003 112 years, 172 days |
Sardinia |
19 June 2003 | 28 December 2005 (2 years, 192 days) |
Virginia Dighero[3] | F | 111 – 114 | 24 December 1891 – 28 December 2005 114 years, 4 days |
Liguria |
28 December 2005 | 4 September 2006 (250 days) |
Giulia Sani[3] | F | 112 | 15 September 1893 – 4 September 2006 112 years, 354 days |
Tuscany |
4 September 2006 | 11 January 2007 (129 days) |
Lorenza Dotta[3] | F | 112 | 7 August 1894 – 11 January 2007 112 years, 157 days |
Piedmont |
11 January 2007 | 13 January 2007 (2 days) |
Maria Negri[3] | F | 111 | 12 March 1895 – 13 January 2007 111 years, 307 days |
Veneto |
13 January 2007 | 28 June 2009 (2 years, 166 days) |
Lucia Lauria[3] | F | 110 – 113 | 4 March 1896 – 28 June 2009 113 years, 116 days |
Basilicata |
28 June 2009 | 2 November 2009 (127 days) |
Ida Frabboni[3] | F | 112 – 113 | 4 October 1896 – 2 November 2009 113 years, 29 days |
Emilia-Romagna |
2 November 2009 | 2 August 2011 (1 year, 273 days) |
Venere Pizzinato | F | 112 – 114 | 23 November 1896 – 2 August 2011 114 years, 252 days |
Veneto |
2 August 2011 | 23 February 2012 (205 days) |
Stella Nardari | F | 112 – 113 | 23 December 1898 – 23 February 2012 113 years, 62 days |
Veneto |
23 February 2012 | 2 April 2013 (1 year, 38 days) |
Maria Redaelli | F | 112 – 113 | 3 April 1899 – 2 April 2013 113 years, 364 days |
Lombardy |
2 April 2013 | 15 April 2017 (4 years, 13 days) |
Emma Morano | F | 113 – 117 | 29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017 117 years, 137 days |
Piedmont |
15 April 2017 | 13 July 2017 (89 days) |
Marie Josephine Gaudette | F | 115 | 25 March 1902 – 13 July 2017 115 years, 110 days |
Lazio |
13 July 2017 | Present (38 days) |
Giuseppina Projetto | F | 115* | born 30 May 1902 115 years, 82 days |
Living in Tuscany |
People
Antonio Todde
Antonio Todde (22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002)[11] was an Italian supercentenarian who, at the time of his death, was the oldest man in the world.[12] Todde was born in the village of Tiana, in the province of Nuoro, Sardinia,[13] an area noted for its centenarian density.[14] Born to a poor shepherd family in the medieval center of Tiana, Todde was the third of 12 children. In 1920, he married Maria Antonia, then aged 25, and they had four daughters and a son. She died in 1990, aged 95.[15] He left Sardinia only to fight in the First World War,[12] where he was injured in the shoulder by a grenade.[16] He died at age 112 years, 346 days on 3 January 2002.
Virginia Dighero
Virginia Dighero (married Zolezzi, 24 December 1891 – 28 December 2005)[17] was an Italian supercentenarian.[18] On 14 September 2005, she became the longest-lived person of Italian descent ever, having surpassed Amalia Ruggieri Barone, who was an emigrant to the United States.
At the time of her death, she was the oldest ever documented person from Italy at the age of 114 years, 4 days[18] - a title she held for more than five years, until being surpassed by Venere Pizzinato on 28 November 2010. She was also the 7th-oldest living person in the world, at time of death, and the oldest verified living person in Europe.[19]
Dighero-Zolezzi died of ischemia on 28 December 2005.[18]
Venere Pizzinato
Venere Pizzinato (married Papo, 23 November 1896 – 2 August 2011)[20] was an Italian supercentenarian,[1] living to the age of 114 years, 252 days. At the time of her death she was the oldest person ever from Italy,[21] a title she held until 13 December 2011 when she was surpassed by Dina Manfredini. She was the world's third oldest living person, behind Besse Cooper and Chiyono Hasegawa. Pizzinato was also the oldest person ever to have been born in the Austrian-Hungarian empire. She was the oldest person ever to be born and die in Italy, until being surpassed by Emma Morano on 9 August 2014.[22]
She was born in Ala, Trentino, then part of the Austrian-Hungarian empire, on 23 November 1896. In 1902 the family moved to Verona, where they had relatives. In 1903, the family moved back to Trentino, where Pizzinato attended a boarding school in its capital city, Trento. World War I forced Pizzinato to take refuge in Bazzano, Bologna. After the war, she moved back to Milan where she took Italian citizenship and met her future husband Isidoro Papo. During the outbreak of World War II, in 1939, the couple moved to Nice, France, to escape the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. They married in France, and after the war, they moved back to Milan. Upon retirement in 1964, the couple moved to Verona, where they finally settled. Mr. Papo died in 1981. The couple never had any children. Pizzinato remained in Verona for the rest of her life; at the time of her death, she lived in a retirement home there.[23][24][25]
On 23 November 2010, marking her 114th birthday, Pizzinato was visited by Italy's president, Giorgio Napolitano, who wrote her a letter with the words "In this happy and special occasion I would like to send, on behalf of all Italians, sincere congratulations and good wishes of serenity with her loved ones and people around the community Saint Catherine in Verona".[26]
Marie Josephine Gaudette
Marie-Josephine Clarice Gaudette (25 March 1902 – 13 July 2017) was the oldest living person in Italy from the death of Emma Morano, who was the oldest living person in the world and the oldest Italian person ever on 15 April 2017 until her own death three months later. Gaudette was born in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States, and was the oldest living person born in the US from the death of Susannah Mushatt Jones on 12 May 2016 and the oldest emigrant from the US ever.[27]
A nun known as Mother Cecilia, she lived in the Italian convent from 1958 until her death[28] and was considered "the world's oldest nun".[29] She lived in Canada and France before settling in Italy.[30] Gaudette died on 13 July 2017, aged 115 years, 110 days.
Notes
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Validated Living Supercentenarians As of 10 September 2014 Archived 24 February 2001 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 January 2015. The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) lists people as living supercentenarians if their age has been validated by GRG and if GRG has confirmed them alive within the past year.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "GRG Deaths in 2011". grg.org.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 GRG VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES -- ITALY (As of March 24, 2007). Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 GRG Deaths for 2009 (in Chronological Order) (as of December 24, 2010). Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "GRG Deaths in 2012". grg.org.
- ↑ http://laprovinciapavese.gelocal.it/pavia/cronaca/2017/08/04/news/muore-a-112-anni-la-piu-anziana-tra-le-donne-pavesi-1.15694508
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- 1 2 GRG Deaths for 2010 (in Chronological Order) (as of Sept. 1, 2011). Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- 1 2 GRG Deaths for 2007 (in Chronological Order) (As of July 9, 2011). Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- 1 2 GRG Validated Supercentenarian Cases (Public List) (as of Aug. 13, 2007). Retrieved 26 September 2011.
- ↑ GRG VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES -- ITALY (As of March 24, 2007). Retrieved 17 October 2011.
- 1 2 Los Angeles Times. "Antonio Todde, 112; World's Oldest Man". Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ↑ È morto tziu Antoni, l'uomo più vecchio del mondo (in Italian)
- ↑ È morto tziu Antonio Todde, il nonnino di Tiana, l'uomo più vecchio del mondo (in Italian)
- ↑ Follain, John. "Antonio Todde, a New Record-Holder at 111, and his Daughter Angela, 76. World's Oldest Living Man Owes It All to Wine, Pasta, and Genes". Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ↑ Armstrong, Jane. "Oldest man lives like a king". Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ↑ Genova, è morta la nonnina d'Europa: aveva 114 anni, Il Piave, 29 December 2005. Retrieved 19 December 2011. (in Italian)
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- ↑ "Europe's oldest person dies at 114". Reuters. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ↑ Grandma Venere is the oldest woman in Italy (in Italian)
- ↑ "Nonna Emma compie 115 anni". 29 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
- ↑ Gelocal Trentino (in Italian)
- ↑ "Venere Pizzinato, the oldest in Italy turns 113 years and refuses televisions" (in Italian). L' Arena. 23 November 2009. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
- ↑ "Farwell to Venere Pizzinato, the oldest woman in Europe" - Excite Magazine (in Italian)
- ↑ "Francis Joseph? He was my Emperor" (in Italian). Corriere Del Veneto. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ↑ "Worcester woman is oldest living person in US". 17 May 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ↑ "Sixth oldest person in the world hails from Manchester". 21 January 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ↑ "110-Year-Old Nun’s Secret To A Long Life Is Pretty Simple". 22 February 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ↑