List of Italian supercentenarians

This is a list of Italian supercentenarians (people from Italy who reached the age of at least 110 years 0 days) [1].

Italian supercentenarians

Living supercentenarians in Italy

Below is a list of the oldest living people in Italy. Those listed as 'verified' have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group. Those that are 'unverified' are yet to be validated.

  Verified   Unverified

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Age	Current Residence/Notes
1	Lucia Lauria	F	March 4, 1896	128 years, 207 days	Basilicata (Oldest person in Europe)
2	Ida Frabboni	F	October 4, 1896	127 years, 359 days	Emilia Romagna
3	Lina Grotta	F	November 22, 1896	127 years, 310 days	Toscana
4	Venere Pizzinato	F	November 23, 1896	127 years, 309 days	Veneto
5	Carolina Peretti	F	October 21, 1897	126 years, 342 days	Piemonte
6	Emilia Revello	F	June 1, 1898	126 years, 118 days	Liguria
7	Theresia Staffler	F	November 15, 1898	125 years, 317 days	Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
8	Stella Nardari	F	December 23, 1898	125 years, 279 days	Veneto
	Santa Gennari	F	23 February 1899	125 years, 217 days	Marche
	Argia Galardi	F	21 March 1899	125 years, 190 days	Toscana

Supercentenarians in Italy by rank (Top 20)

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Region
1	Virginia Dighero	F	December 24, 1891	December 28, 2005	114 years, 4 days	Lavagna, Genoa, Liguria
2	Teresa Fumarola	F	December 2, 1889	May 14, 2003	113 years, 163 days	San Marzano, Taranto, Apulia
3	Lucia Lauria	F	March 4, 1896	Living	128 years, 207 days	Pietrapertosa, Potenza, Basilicata
4	Giulia Sani	F	September 15, 1893	September 4, 2006	112 years, 354 days	Florence, Tuscany
5	Antonio Todde	M	January 22, 1889	January 3, 2002	112 years, 346 days	Tiana, Nuoro, Sardinia
6	Maria Muraro	F	March 29, 1892	January 2, 2005	112 years, 279 days	Verona, Veneto
7	Giovanni Frau	M	December 29, 1890	June 19, 2003	112 years, 172 days	Orroli, Cagliari, Sardinia
8	Serafina Naccarato	F	October 10, 1893	March 29, 2006	112 years, 170 days	Lago, Cosenza, Calabria
9	Ida Frabboni	F	October 4, 1896	Living	127 years, 359 days	Emilia Romagna
10	Lorenza Dotta	F	August 7, 1894	January 11, 2007	112 years, 157 days	Turin, Piedmont
11	Lina Grotta	F	November 22, 1896	Living	127 years, 310 days	Tuscany
12	Venere Pizzinato	F	November 23, 1896	Living	127 years, 309 days	Veneto
13	Chelidonia Merosi	F	October 11, 1883	December 10, 1995	112 years, 60 days	Subiaco, Rome, Lazio
14	Maria Negri	F	March 12, 1895	January 13, 2007	111 years, 307 days	Veneto
15	Maria Elisa Moro	F	February 11, 1897	November 2, 2008	111 years, 265 days	Lazio
16	Lilla De Geronimi	F	December 2, 1892	August 14, 2004	111 years, 256 days	Deiva Marina, La Spezia, Liguria
17	Gesuina Donati	F	June 9, 1893	January 1, 2005	111 years, 206 days	Lazio
18	Maria Gentilini	F	May 12, 1894	November 4, 2005	111 years, 176 days	Sasso Marconi, Bologna, Emilia Romagna
19	Carolina Peretti	F	October 21, 1897	Living	126 years, 342 days	Piedmont
20	Elvira Raimondi	F	February 13, 1890	May 25, 2001	111 years, 101 days	Napoli, Campania

Italian Emigrant Cases by Rank (Top 5)

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Region
1	Amalia Barone	F	October 6, 1884	June 26, 1998	113 years, 263 days	died in the United States
2	Louisa Delfino	F	December 10, 1886	June 29, 1999	112 years, 201 days	died in the United States
3	Rosaria Caleca	F	February 5, 1895	May 6, 2007	112 years, 90 days	died in the United States
4	Maria Mallozzi	F	September 25, 1887	October 26, 1999	112 years, 31 days	died in Canada
5	Dina Manfredini	F	April 4, 1897	Living	127 years, 176 days	lives in the United States

Other living Italian Emigrant cases

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Region
16	Pasqualina Franco	F	December 2, 1898	Living	125 years, 300 days	lives in the Canada

List of Italy's Oldest Persons

Name	From	To	Age range	Sex	Lifespan	Region
Rosalia Spoto	?	February 20, 1957	?–109	F	August 25, 1847 – February 20, 1957	Sicily
Francesco Soldati	?	February 5, 1968	?–109	M	March 22, 1858 – February 5, 1968	Lombardy
Maria Imperiali	?	April 5, 1973	?–110	F	March 19, 1863 – April 5, 1973	Lazio
Lidia Bertonati	?	April 17, 1978	?–110	F	April 30, 1867 – April 17, 1978	Tuscany
Ida Pietrobon	?	March 23, 1983	?–109	F	December 10, 1873 – March 23, 1983	Veneto
Rosalinda Del Duca	?	May 3, 1986	?–110	F	May 14, 1875 – May 3, 1986	Abruzzo
Domenico Minervino	?	May 21, 1991	?–111	M	May 10, 1880 – May 21, 1991	Calabria
Maddalena Figone	May 21, 1991	March 6, 1992	110–111	F	March 1, 1881 – March 6, 1992	Liguria
Maria Sirianni	March 6, 1992	January 7, 1993	109–110	F	August 1, 1882 – January 7, 1993
Giuseppa Spolitu	January 7, 1993	October 16, 1993	109–110	F	September 12, 1883 – October 16, 1993	Sardinia
Chelidonia Merosi	October 16, 1993	December 10, 1995	110–112	F	October 16, 1883 – December 10, 1995	Lazio
Valentino Stella	December 10, 1995	January 1, 1997	109–110	M	January 2, 1886 – January 1, 1997	Veneto
Eleonora Casagrande	January 1, 1997	June 6, 1997	110	F	July 9, 1886 – June 6, 1997	Liguria
Addolorata De Vitis	June 6, 1997	January 6, 1998	110	F	April 1, 1887 – January 6, 1998	Apulia
Antonio Baldo	January 6, 1998	August 28, 1998	110–111	M	July 6, 1887 – August 28, 1998	Veneto
Giovanna Lizzio	August 28, 1998	February 4, 1999	109–110	F	November 19, 1888 – February 4, 1999	Sicily
Antonio Todde	February 4, 1999	January 3, 2002	110–112	M	January 22, 1889 – January 3, 2002	Sardinia
Teresa Fumarola	January 3, 2002	May 14, 2003	112–113	F	December 2, 1889 – May 14, 2003	Apulia
Giovanni Frau	May 14, 2003	June 19, 2003	112	M	December 29, 1890 – June 19, 2003	Sardinia
Virginia Dighero	June 19, 2003	December 28, 2005	111–114	F	December 24, 1891 – December 28, 2005	Liguria
Giulia Sani	December 28, 2005	September 4, 2006	112	F	September 15, 1893 – September 4, 2006	Tuscany
Lorenza Dotta	September 4, 2006	January 11, 2007	112	F	August 7, 1894 – January 11, 2007	Piedmont
Maria Negri	January 11, 2007	January 13, 2007	111	F	March 12, 1895 – January 13, 2007	Veneto
Lucia Lauria	January 13, 2007	Current	110–113*	F	March 4, 1896 – Living	Basilicata

People

Giulia Sani-Casagli

Giulia Sani Casagli (September 15, 1893 – September 4, 2006) was Italy's oldest person from 28 December 2005 (death of 114-year-old Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi) until her death at almost age 113. She lived in Florence. Giulia also ranked as ninth-oldest in the world at the time of her death (which was not announced until 15 September 2006, when she would have turned 113) and is listed in the Guinness World Records 2007 edition as one of the top 15 oldest living people in the world.

Maria Teresa Fumarola Ligorio

Maria Teresa Fumarola Ligorio (December 2, 1889 – May 14, 2003) was an Italian supercentenarian and their first resident to reach the verified age of 113. Ligorio remained the oldest Italian ever until June 6, 2005, when she was superseded by Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi, who died at age 114. She was born in San Marzano di San Giuseppe, Taranto, Puglia.

Maria married Donato Ligorio, and had ten children.

She died in Fragagnano, a small town near Taranto. At the time of her death, Ligorio was the oldest living European resident and one of the 100 oldest verified people on record, where she remained until August 24, 2007, when she was passed by American Arbella Ewing.

External links

• Se ne è andata la ‘nonna d’Italia’ - Article on Giulia Sani Casagli, La Nazione, 6 September 2006 Template:It icon