List of Italian supercentenarians
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This is a list of Italian
Italian people
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 supercentenarian
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

s (people from Italy
Italy
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 who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 101 verified supercentenarians from Italy.

As of , there are 10 Italian verified living supercentenarians, 2 pending, and 3 more whose lifespan remains unverified. The oldest is Stella Nardari-Vecchiato, age . Dina Manfredini, age , is the oldest living person to have been born in Italy. She now resides in the United States
United States
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.

The oldest Italian ever was Venere Pizzinato, who died in August 2011, at the age of 114 years, 252 days.

Living Italian supercentenarians

Below is a list of the oldest living people from Italy. Those listed as 'verified' have been validated by the Gerontology Research Group
Gerontology Research Group
The Gerontology Research Group was started in 1990, and is a global eGroup of researchers in gerontology, some of who also meet monthly at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. The primary function of the group is to further gerontology research, with the objective of reversing or retarding aging...

, an international body that specifically deals in longevity
Longevity
The word "longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectancy" in demography or known as "long life", especially when it concerns someone or something lasting longer than expected ....

 research. If a lifespan were listed as 'pending' it would mean it is backed by at least one document supporting the reported age but not the three necessary for validation by GRG. Currently, no such items appear on the list below. Those listed as 'unverified' are backed by no documents reviewed by GRG to support the reported age.
Rank Name Sex Reported birth date Reported age as of Region of birth Region of residence
1 Stella Nardari-Vecchiato F 23 December 1898 Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

Veneto
2 Maria Redaelli F 3 April 1899 Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...

Lombardy
3 Emma Morano F 29 November 1899 Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...

Piedmont
4 Maria Gravigi F 3 March 1900 Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli–Venezia Giulia is one of the twenty regions of Italy, and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The capital is Trieste. It has an area of 7,858 km² and about 1.2 million inhabitants. A natural opening to the sea for many Central European countries, the region is...

Friuli-Venezia Giulia
5 Anita Tiburni F 3 May 1900 Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....

Tuscany
6 Angela Rogges F 19 November 1900 Apulia
Apulia
Apulia is a region in Southern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Òtranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. Its most southern portion, known as Salento peninsula, forms a high heel on the "boot" of Italy. The region comprises , and...

Apulia
7 Maria Cristina Cappelli F 8 December 1900 Abruzzo
Abruzzo
Abruzzo is a region in Italy, its western border lying less than due east of Rome. Abruzzo borders the region of Marche to the north, Lazio to the west and south-west, Molise to the south-east, and the Adriatic Sea to the east...

Abruzzo
8 Vitalia Scodina F 14 February 1901 Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...

Lazio
9 Giovanni Ligato M 18 February 1901 Calabria
Calabria
Calabria , in antiquity known as Bruttium, is a region in southern Italy, south of Naples, located at the "toe" of the Italian Peninsula. The capital city of Calabria is Catanzaro....

Liguria
Liguria
Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. Its capital is Genoa. It is a popular region with tourists for its beautiful beaches, picturesque little towns, and good food.-Geography:...

10 Concetta La Rocca F 4 June 1901 Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...

Sicily
Rosa Frau F 12 August 1901 Sardinia Sardinia
Ernesta Pizzocri F 20 August 1901 Lombardy Lombardy
Giuseppe Mirabella M 6 September 1901 Sicily Sicily
Rosa Bandini F 11 September 1901 Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna
Maria Giovanna Giudice F 28 September 1901 Piedmont Piedmont

Italian emigrant supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Reported birth date Reported age as of Region of birth Country of residence
1 Dina Manfredini F 4 April 1897 Emilia-Romagna United States
Marietta Capizzi F 29 January 1901 Sicily United States

Italian supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Reported birth date Reported death date Reported age Region or country of birth Region of death
1 Venere Pizzinato F 23 November 1896 2 August 2011 114 years, 252 days
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|Veneto
|-
|2
|Virginia Dighero
|align=center|F
|24 December 1891
|28 December 2005
|114 years, 4 days
|Liguria
|Liguria
|-
|3
|Maria Teresa Fumarola
|align=center|F
|2 December 1889
|14 May 2003
|113 years, 163 days
|Apulia
|Apulia
|-
|4
|Lucia Lauria
|align=center|F
|4 March 1896
|28 June 2009
|113 years, 116 days
|Basilicata
Basilicata
Basilicata , also known as Lucania, is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south, having one short southwestern coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea between Campania in the northwest and Calabria in the southwest, and a...


|Basilicata
|-
|5
|Ida Frabboni
|align=center|F
|4 October 1896
|2 November 2009
|113 years, 29 days
|Emilia-Romagna
|Emilia-Romagna
|-
|6
|Giulia Sani
|align=center|F
|15 September 1893
|4 September 2006
|112 years, 354 days
|Tuscany
|Tuscany
|-
|7
|Antonio Todde
Antonio Todde
Antonio Todde He was the oldest man in the world from the death of American John Painter until Todde's own death on January 3, 2002, at age 112 years, 346 days...


|align=center|M
|22 January 1889
|3 January 2002
|112 years, 346 days
|Sardinia
|Sardinia
|-bgcolor="99FF99"
|8
|Stella Nardari
|align=center|F
|23 December 1898
|Living
|
|Veneto
|Living in Veneto
|-
|9
|Maria Muraro
|align=center|F
|29 March 1892
|2 January 2005
|112 years, 279 days
|Veneto
|Veneto
|-bgcolor="99FF99"
|10
|Maria Redaelli
|align=center|F
|3 April 1899
|Living
|
|Lombardy
|Living in Lombardy
|-
|11
|Lina Grotta
|align=center|F
|22 November 1896
|27 May 2009
|112 years, 186 days
|Tuscany
|Tuscany
|-
|12
|Giovanni Frau
|align=center|M
|29 December 1890
|19 June 2003
|112 years, 172 days
|Sardinia
|Sardinia
|-
|13
|Serafina Naccarato
|align=center|F
|10 October 1893
|29 March 2006
|112 years, 170 days
|Calabria
|Marche
Marche
The population density in the region is below the national average. In 2008, it was 161.5 inhabitants per km2, compared to the national figure of 198.8. It is highest in the province of Ancona , and lowest in the province of Macerata...


|-
|14
|Lorenza Dotta
|align=center|F
|7 August 1894
|11 January 2007
|112 years, 157 days
|Piedmont
|Piedmont
|-
|15
|Santa Gennari
|align=center|F
|23 February 1899
|18 June 2011
|112 years, 115 days
|Marche
|Marche
|-
|16
|Chelidonia Merosi
|align=center|F
|11 October 1883
|10 December 1995
|112 years, 60 days
|Lazio
|Lazio
|-
|17
|Angela Case
|align=center|F
|21 July 1899
|17 August 2011
|112 years, 27 days
|Veneto
|Veneto
|-bgcolor="99FF99"
|18
|Emma Morano
|align=center|F
|29 November 1899
|Living
|
|Piedmont
|Living in Piedmont
|-
|19
|Maria Negri
|align=center|F
|12 March 1895
|13 January 2007
|111 years, 307 days
|Veneto
|Veneto
|-bgcolor="99FF99"
|20
|Maria Gravigi
|align=center|F
|3 March 1900
|Living
|
|Friuli-Venezia Giulia
|Living in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
|-
|21
|Maria Elisabetta Moro
|align=center|F
|11 February 1897
|2 November 2008
|111 years, 265 days
|Veneto
|Lazio
|-
|22
|Lilla De Geronimi
|align=center|F
|2 December 1892
|14 August 2004
|111 years, 256 days
|Liguria
|Liguria
|-
|23
|Maria Ciuffreda
|align=center|F
|21 June 1899
|28 February 2011
|111 years, 252 days
|Apulia
|Apulia
|-
|24
|Carolina Peretti
|align=center|F
|21 October 1897
|15 June 2009
|111 years, 237 days
|Aosta Valley
|Piedmont
|-bgcolor="99FF99"
|25
|Anita Tiburni
|align=center|F
|3 May 1900
|Living
|
|Tuscany
|Living in Tuscany
|-
|26
|Gesuina Donati
|align=center|F
|9 June 1893
|1 January 2005
|111 years, 206 days
|Lazio
|Lazio
|-
|27
|Maria Gentilini
|align=center|F
|12 May 1894
|4 November 2005
|111 years, 176 days
|Emilia-Romagna
|Emilia-Romagna
|-
|28
|Elvira Raimondi
|align=center|F
|13 February 1890
|25 May 2001
|111 years, 101 days
|Emilia-Romagna
|Emilia-Romagna
|-
|rowspan="2"|29
|Linda Zappettini
|align=center|F
|26 February 1892
|20 May 2003
|111 years, 83 days
|Liguria
|Liguria
|-
|Carmela Mileo
|align=center|F
|27 November 1899
|18 February 2011
|111 years, 83 days
|Calabria
|Calabria
|-
|31
|Theresia Staffler
|align=center|F
|15 November 1898
|11 January 2010
|111 years, 57 days
|Trentino-Alto Adige
|Trentino-Alto Adige
|-
|32
|Domenica Di Tomasso
|align=center|F
|11 February 1900
|4 April 2011
|111 years, 55 days
|Abruzzo
|Abruzzo
|-
|rowspan=2|33
|Antonio Baldo
|align=center|M
|6 July 1887
|28 August 1998
|111 years, 53 days
|Veneto
|Veneto
|-
|Teresa Ruberto
|align=center|F
|3 November 1896
|26 December 2007
|111 years, 53 days
|Campania
Campania
Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...


|Campania
|-
|rowspan=2|35
|Salvina Martinelli
|align=center|F
|2 August 1892
|18 September 2003
|111 years, 47 days
|Veneto
|Veneto
|-
|Grazia Spadafino
|align=center|F
|13 October 1893
|29 November 2004
|111 years, 47 days
|Apulia
|Apulia
|-
|37
|Orsola Perego
|align=center|F
|10 January 1892
|23 February 2003
|111 years, 44 days
|Lombardy
|Lombardy
|-
|38
|Domenico Minervino
|align=center|M
|10 May 1880
|22 May 1991
|111 years, 12 days
|Calabria
|Calabria
|-bgcolor="99FF99"
|39
|Angela Rogges
|align=center|F
|19 November 1900
|Living
|
|Apulia
|Living in Apulia
|-
|40
|Maddalena Figone
|align=center|F
|1 March 1881
|6 March 1992
|111 years, 5 days
|Liguria
|Liguria
|-
|41
|Valentino Stella
|align=center|M
|2 January 1886
|1 January 1997
|110 years, 365 days
|Veneto
|Veneto
|-
|42
|Ida Severini
|align=center|F
|12 February 1893
|6 February 2004
|110 years, 359 days
|Emilia-Romagna
|Emilia-Romagna
|-bgcolor="99FF99"
|43
|Maria Cristina Cappelli
|align=center|F
|8 December 1900
|Living
|
|Abruzzo
|Living in Abruzzo
|-
|44
|Rosalinda Del Duca
|align=center|F
|14 May 1875
|3 May 1986
|110 years, 354 days
|Abruzzo
|Abruzzo
|-
|45
|Lida Bertonati
|align=center|F
|30 April 1867
|17 April 1978
|110 years, 352 days
|Liguria
|Tuscany
|-
|46
|Giuseppina Deidda
|align=center|F
|25 January 1900
|2 January 2011
|110 years, 342 days
|Sardinia
|Sardinia
|-
|47
|Eleonora Casagrande
|align=center|F
|9 July 1886
|6 June 1997
|110 years, 332 days
|Liguria
|Liguria
|-
|48
|Emilia Revello
|align=center|F
|1 June 1898
|24 April 2009
|110 years, 327 days
|Liguria
|Liguria
|-
|49
|Rosa Gai
|align=center|F
|19 June 1895
|11 May 2006
|110 years, 326 days
|Piedmont
|Lombardy
|-bgcolor=98ddff
|
|Teresa Brachetta
|align=center|F
|11 August 1899
|24 June 2010
|110 years, 317 days
|Marche
|Marche
|-
|50
|Pasqualina Colli
|align=center|F
|17 May 1894
|29 March 2005
|110 years, 316 days
|Lombardy
|Lombardy
|-bgcolor="99FF99"
|51
|Vitalia Scodina
|align=center|F
|14 February 1901
|Living
|
|Sardinia
|Living in Lazio
|-bgcolor="99FF99"
|52
|Giovanni Ligato
|align=center|M
|18 February 1901
|Living
|
|Calabria
|Living in Liguria
|-
|53
|Francesca Lo Presti
|align=center|F
|30 April 1890
|5 February 2001
|110 years, 281 days
|Sicily
|Lazio
|-
|54
|Addolorata De Vitis
|align=center|F
|1 April 1887
|6 January 1998
|110 years, 280 days
|Apulia
|Apulia
|-
|55
|Maria Campagna
|align=center|F
|1 August 1897
|2 May 2008
|110 years, 275 days
|Emilia-Romagna
|Emilia-Romagna
|-
|56
|Maria Artimini
|align=center|F
|16 September 1900
|3 June 2011
|110 years, 260 days
|Tuscany
|Tuscany
|-
|57
|Maria Gandolfi
|align=center|F
|1 July 1896
|15 March 2007
|110 years, 257 days
|Emilia-Romagna
|Emilia-Romagna
|-
|58
|Placida Antonina Flores
|align=center|F
|21 October 1900
|3 July 2011
|110 years, 255 days
|Sicily
|Sicily
|-
|59
|Virginia Broglia
|align=center|F
|11 October 1887
|16 June 1998
|110 years, 248 days
|Lazio
|Lazio
|-
|60
|Eufemia Domenici
|align=center|F
|12 August 1898
|16 March 2009
|110 years, 216 days
|Liguria
|Liguria
|-
|rowspan=2|61
|Teresa Cesarini
|align=center|F
|19 June 1894
|16 January 2005
|
|Sardinia
|Lazio
|-
|Fenimola Farinelli
|align=center|F
|1 October 1894
|30 April 2005
|110 years, 211 days
|Umbria
Umbria
Umbria is a region of modern central Italy. It is one of the smallest Italian regions and the only peninsular region that is landlocked.Its capital is Perugia.Assisi and Norcia are historical towns associated with St. Francis of Assisi, and St...


|Liguria
|-
|63
|Cesarina Thiebat
|align=center|F
|16 August 1896
|12 March 2007
|110 years, 210 days
|Aosta Valley
|Piedmont
|-
|64
|Domenica Buccini
|align=center|F
|10 July 1895
|15 January 2006
|110 years, 189 days
|Lazio
|Abruzzo
|-
|65
|Maria Grazia Broccolo
|align=center|F
|6 July 1891
|4 January 2002
|110 years, 182 days
|Lazio
|Lazio
|-bgcolor="99FF99"
|66
|Concetta La Rocca
|align=center|F
|4 June 1901
|Living
|
|Sicily
|Living in Sicily
|-
|67
|Antonietta Rocca
|align=center|F
|7 October 1899
|29 March 2010
|110 years, 173 days
|Lombardy
|Lombardy
|-
|68
|Anna Monti
|align=center|F
|19 October 1897
|6 April 2008
|110 years, 170 days
|Lombardy
|Lombardy
|-
|rowspan=2|69
|Grazia Carbonaro
|align=center|F
|5 April 1899
|20 September 2009
|110 years, 168 days
|Sicily
|Sicily
|-
|Maria Radicati di Primeglio
|align=center|F
|28 July 1900
|12 January 2011
|110 years, 168 days
|Lombardy
|Lombardy
|-
|71
|Maria Sirianni
|align=center|F
|1 August 1882
|7 January 1993
|110 years, 159 days
|Calabria
|Calabria
|-
|72
|Pia Paioncini
|align=center|F
|14 June 1881
|12 November 1991
|110 years, 151 days
|Marche
|Marche
|-
|73
|Antonia Pampaluna
|align=center|F
|15 February 1898
|4 July 2008
|110 years, 140 days
|Lombardy
|Emilia-Romagna
|-
|74
|Eleonora Luisa Pruneti
|align=center|F
|7 October 1880
|20 February 1991
|110 years, 136 days
|Tuscany
|Tuscany
|-
|75
|Pasquale Frasconi
|align=center|M
|12 November 1893
|16 March 2004
|110 years, 125 days
|Sardinia
|Sardinia
|-
|76
|Alfredo Raneri
|align=center|M
|8 December 1891
|1 April 2002
|110 years, 114 days
|Sicily
|Liguria
|-
|77
|Carlotta Ollino
|align=center|F
|10 August 1887
|1 December 1997
|110 years, 113 days
|Liguria
|Emilia-Romagna
|-bgcolor="9BDDFF"
|
|Rosa Frau
|align=center|F
|12 August 1901
|Living
|
|Sardinia
|Living in Sardinia
|-bgcolor="9BDDFF"
|
|Ernesta Pizzocri
|align=center|F
|20 August 1901
|Living
|
|Lombardy
|Living in Lombardy
|-
|78
|Liduina Dalrì
|align=center|F
|15 September 1892
|25 December 2002
|110 years, 101 days
|Trentino-Alto Adige
|Trentino-Alto Adige
|-
|79
|Carolina Capello
|align=center|F
|12 June 1895
|16 September 2005
|110 years, 96 days
|Piedmont
|Piedmont
|-
|80
|Maria Bazzana
|align=center|F
|20 February 1889
|21 May 1999
|110 years, 90 days
|Lombardy
|Lombardy
|-
|81
|Lucia Ceravolo
|align=center|F
|17 October 1880
|10 January 1991
|110 years, 85 days
|Campania
|Campania
|-
|82
|Adele D'Amico
|align=center|F
|10 June 1897
|2 September 2007
|110 years, 84 days
|Sicily
|Lazio
|-
|rowspan=2|83
|Enrichetta Piazza
|align=center|F
|24 July 1893
|13 October 2003
|110 years, 81 days
|Lombardy
|Lombardy
|-
|Lucia Rangone
|align=center|F
|15 January 1898
|5 April 2008
|110 years, 81 days
|Piedmont
|Piedmont
|-
|85
|Giovanna Lizzio
|align=center|F
|19 November 1888
|4 February 1999
|110 years, 77 days
|Sicily
|Sicily
|-bgcolor=98ddff
|
|Giuseppina Danesin
|align=center|F
|24 June 1901
|30 August 2011
|110 years, 67 days
|Veneto
|Veneto
|-
|86
|Delfino Borroni
|align=center|M
|23 August 1898
|26 October 2008
|110 years, 64 days
|Lombardy
|Lombardy
|-
|87
|Ersilia De Costanzo
|align=center|F
|8 August 1885
|4 October 1995
|110 years, 57 days
|Campania
|Liguria
|-
|88
|Concetta Ramundo
|align=center|F
|8 December 1889
|31 January 2000
|110 years, 54 days
|Apulia
|Apulia
|-
|89
|Anna Maria Zanchi
|align=center|F
|19 November 1891
|9 January 2002
|110 years, 51 days
|Lombardy
|Lombardy
|-
|90
|Angela Sottili
|align=center|F
|21 February 1898
|11 April 2008
|110 years, 50 days
|Lombardy
|Lombardy
|-
|rowspan=2|91
|Ida Baroncini
|align=center|F
|28 May 1888
|16 July 1998
|110 years, 49 days
|Emilia-Romagna
|Emilia-Romagna
|-
|Leonora Quartararo
|align=center|F
|27 September 1897
|15 November 2007
|110 years, 49 days
|Sicily
|Sicily
|-
|rowspan=2|93
|Catterina Ghigliazza
|align=center|F
|28 November 1891
|6 January 2002
|110 years, 39 days
|Liguria
|Liguria
|-
|Tullia Pesce
|align=center|F
|23 February 1895
|3 April 2005
|110 years, 39 days
|Veneto
|Veneto
|-
|95
|Johanna Meyer
|align=center|F
|6 December 1896
|12 January 2007
|110 years, 37 days
|France
|Piedmont
|-
|96
|Giuseppa Spolitu
|align=center|F
|12 September 1883
|16 October 1993
|110 years, 34 days
|Sardinia
|Sardinia
|-
|rowspan=2|97
|Carlo Orelli
Carlo Orelli
Carlo Orelli was, at age 110, the last surviving Italian World War I veteran who joined the army at the onset of the war. Born in Perugia, although he lived in Rome for most of his life, Orelli came from a military family whose members had served in various Italian conflicts since 1849...


|align=center|M
|23 December 1894
|22 January 2005
|110 years, 30 days
|Umbria
|Lazio
|-
|Maria Lucia Ugual
|align=center|F
|3 April 1898
|3 May 2008
|110 years, 30 days
|Lazio
|Piedmont
|-bgcolor=98ddff
|
|Elda Cattoni
|align=center|F
|20 July 1901
|9 August 2011
|110 years, 20 days
|Trentino-Alto Adige
|Trentino-Alto Adige
|-
|99
|Maria Imperiali
|align=center|F
|19 March 1863
|5 April 1973
|110 years, 17 days
|Lazio
|Lazio
|-
|100
|Natalina Simoncini
|align=center|F
|25 December 1889
|7 January 2000
|110 years, 13 days
|Tuscany
|Tuscany
|-bgcolor=98ddff
|
|Maria Luigia Scardinale
|align=center|F
|20 January 1896
|30 January 2006
|110 years, 10 days
|Apulia
|Lazio
|-
|101
|Maria Berthod
|align=center|F
|2 October 1900
|9 October 2010
|110 years, 7 days
|Aosta Valley
|Aosta Valley
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a Pizzinato was born in Ala, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Italy.

b Staffler was born in Ulten
Ulten
Ulten is a comune in South Tyrol in the Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 60 km northwest of Trento and about 35 km west of Bolzano .-Coat-of-arms:...

, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Italy.

c Dalrì was born in South Tyrol
South Tyrol
South Tyrol , also known by its Italian name Alto Adige, is an autonomous province in northern Italy. It is one of the two autonomous provinces that make up the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. The province has an area of and a total population of more than 500,000 inhabitants...

, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Italy.

d Cattoni was born in Riva del Garda
Riva del Garda
Riva del Garda is a town and comune in the northern Italian province of Trentino. It is also known simply as Riva. The estimated population is 15,151.- History :...

, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Italy.


Italian emigrant supercentenarians

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Region of birth Country of death
1 Dina Manfredini F 4 April 1897 Living Emilia-Romagna Living in the United States
2 Amalia Barone F 6 October 1884 26 June 1998 113 years, 263 days Campania United States
3 Luisa Delfino F 10 December 1886 29 June 1999 112 years, 201 days Molise
Molise
Molise is a region of Southern Italy, the second smallest of the regions. It was formerly part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise and now a separate entity...

United States
4 Rosaria Leonardi F 5 February 1895 6 May 2007 112 years, 90 days Sicily United States
5 Maria Mallozzi F 25 September 1887 26 October 1999 112 years, 31 days Lazio Canada
Canada
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6 Anna Di Felice F 10 March 1892 30 September 2003 111 years, 204 days Abruzzo United States
7 Natalina Erminia Cresci F 25 December 1890 13 March 2002 111 years, 78 days Liguria United States
8 Lucia Prata F 20 October 1883 15 October 1994 110 years, 360 days Abruzzo United States
9 Antonio Pierro M 22 February 1896 8 February 2007 110 years, 351 days Basilicata United States
10 Nunzia Maria Curreri F 19 February 1887 23 January 1998 110 years, 338 days Sicily United States
11 Rosa Colicchia F 30 January 1886 29 November 1996 110 years, 304 days Sicily United states
12 Carmina Acierno F 14 February 1898 2 November 2008 110 years, 262 days Abruzzo United States
13 Pasqualina Franco F 2 December 1898 16 August 2009 110 years, 257 days Calabria Canada
14 Lucia Damiano F 4 August 1900 16 March 2011 110 years, 224 days Piedmont France
15 Giulia Gemignani F 25 March 1895 21 October 2005 110 years, 210 days Tuscany United States
16 Marie Piacentino F 25 November 1888 21 June 1999 110 years, 208 days Piedmont Australia
Australia
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17 Vincenzo Izzillo M 29 July 1883 23 January 1994 110 years, 178 days Campania United States
18 Rosina Carli F 23 April 1901 8 October 2011 110 years, 168 days Emilia-Romagna France
19 Mary Schiazza F 19 March 1897 29 August 2007 110 years, 163 days Abruzzo United States
20 Salvatore Fiore M 10 September 1888 11 February 1999 110 years, 154 days Campania United States
21 Lazzaro Ponticelli M 7 December 1897 12 March 2008 110 years, 96 days Emilia-Romagna France
22 Anna Gattuso F 24 July 1888 25 October 1998 110 years, 93 days Calabria United States
23 Giulia Mondini F 17 August 1892 5 November 2002 110 years, 80 days Emilia-Romagna United States
24 Donata Breggia F 29 December 1891 28 January 2002 110 years, 30 days Abruzzo United States

Oldest Italian person by region

This is a list of the oldest people by birth from each region - according to today's borders
Region Name Sex Birth date Death date Age
Abruzzo Anna Tecco F 10 March 1892 30 September 2003 111 years, 204 days
Aosta Valley Carolina Peretti F 21 October 1897 15 June 2009 111 years, 237 days
Apulia Teresa Fumarola F 2 December 1889 14 May 2003 113 years, 163 days
Basilicata Lucia Lauria F 4 March 1896 28 June 2009 113 years, 116 days
Calabria Serafina Naccarato F 10 October 1883 29 March 2006 112 years, 170 days
Campania Amalia Ruggieri F 6 October 1884 26 June 1998 113 years, 263 days
Emilia-Romagna Dina Manfredini F 4 April 1897 Living
Friuli-Venezia Giulia Maria Gravigi F 3 March 1900 Living
Lazio Chelidonia Merosi F 11 October 1883 10 December 1995 112 years, 60 days
Liguria Virginia Dighero F 24 December 1891 28 December 2005 114 years, 4 days
Lombardy Maria Redaelli F 3 April 1899 Living
Marche Santa Gennari F 23 February 1899 18 June 2011 112 years, 115 days
Molise Luisa Chiacchiari F 10 December 1886 29 June 1999 112 years, 201 days
Piedmont Lorenza Dotta F 7 August 1894 11 January 2007 112 years, 157 days
Sardinia Antonio Todde M 22 January 1889 3 January 2002 112 years, 346 days
Sicily Rosaria Caleca F 5 February 1895 6 May 2007 112 years, 90 days
Trentino-Alto Adige Venere Pizzinato F 23 November 1896 2 August 2011 114 years, 252 days
Tuscany Giulia Sani F 15 September 1893 4 September 2006 112 years, 354 days
Umbria Fenimola Farinelli F 1 October 1894 30 April 2005 110 years, 211 days
Veneto Stella Nardari F 23 December 1898 Living

Chronological list of the oldest living person in Italy since 1991

From To Name Sex Age(s) when oldest Lifespan Region of death
? 22 May 1991 Domenico Minervino M ? – 111 10 May 1880 – 22 May 1991
111 years, 12 days
Calabria
22 May 1991 6 March 1992
( days)
Maddalena Figone F 110 – 111 1 March 1881 – 6 March 1992
111 years, 5 days
Liguria
6 March 1992 7 January 1993
( days)
Maria Sirianni F 109 – 110 1 August 1882 – 7 January 1993
110 years, 159 days
Calabria
28 March 1993 16 October 1993
( days)
Giuseppa Spolitu F 109 – 110 12 September 1883 – 16 October 1993
110 years, 34 days
Sardinia
11 October 1993 10 December 1995
Chelidonia Merosi F 110 – 112 11 October 1883 – 10 December 1995
112 years, 60 days
Lazio
10 December 1995 1 January 1997
Valentino Stella M 109 – 110 2 January 1886 – 1 January 1997
110 years, 365 days
Veneto
1 January 1997 6 June 1997
( days)
Eleonora Casagrande F 110 9 July 1886 – 6 June 1997
110 years, 322 days
Liguria
6 June 1997 6 January 1998
( days)
Addolorata De Vitis F 110 1 April 1887 – 6 January 1998
110 years, 280 days
Apulia
6 January 1998 28 August 1998
( days)
Antonio Baldo M 110 – 111 6 July 1887 – 28 August 1998
111 years, 53 days
Veneto
28 August 1998 4 February 1999
( days)
Giovanna Lizzio F 109 – 110 19 November 1888 – 4 February 1999
110 years, 77 days
Sicily
4 February 1999 3 January 2002
Antonio Todde M 110 – 112 22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002
112 years, 346 days
Sardinia
3 January 2002 14 May 2003
Teresa Fumarola F 112 – 113 2 December 1889 – 14 May 2003
113 years, 163 days
Apulia
14 May 2003 19 June 2003
( days)
Giovanni Frau M 112 29 December 1890 – 19 June 2003
112 years, 172 days
Sardinia
19 June 2003 28 December 2005
Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi F 111 – 114 24 December 1891 – 28 December 2005
114 years, 4 days
Liguria
28 December 2005 4 September 2006
( days)
Giulia Sani F 112 15 September 1893 – 4 September 2006
112 years, 354 days
Tuscany
4 September 2006 11 January 2007
( days)
Lorenza Dotta F 112 7 August 1894 – 11 January 2007
112 years, 157 days
Piedmont
11 January 2007 13 January 2007
( days)
Maria Negri F 111 12 March 1895 – 13 January 2007
111 years, 307 days
Veneto
13 January 2007 28 June 2009
Lucia Lauria F 110 – 113 4 March 1896 – 28 June 2009
113 years, 116 days
Basilicata
28 June 2009 2 November 2009
( days)
Ida Frabboni F 112 – 113 4 October 1896 – 2 November 2009
113 years, 29 days
Emilia-Romagna
2 November 2009 2 August 2011
Venere Pizzinato F 112 – 114 23 November 1896 – 2 August 2011
114 years, 252 days
Veneto
2 August 2011 Present
( days)
Stella Nardari-Vecchiato F 112* born 23 December 1898
age
Living in Veneto

Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi

Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi (24 December 1891 – 28 December 2005) was an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 supercentenarian
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

.. 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
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

.

At the time of her death, she was the oldest ever documented person from Italy at the age of 114 years, 4 days - a title she held for more than five years, until being supassed 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
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...

.

Dighero-Zolezzi died of ischemia
Ischemia
In medicine, ischemia is a restriction in blood supply, generally due to factors in the blood vessels, with resultant damage or dysfunction of tissue. It may also be spelled ischaemia or ischæmia...

 on 28 December 2005.

Venere Pizzinato

Venere Pizzinato (23 November 1896 – 2 August 2011) was an Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...

 supercentenarian
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

 who was the oldest verified person from Italy, living to the age of 114 years, 252 days. She became one of the ten oldest living people in March 2010. Pizzinato was also the oldest person ever to have been born in the Austrian-Hungarian empire
Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...

. At the time of her death, Pizzinato was the 3rd oldest living person in the world, one of the 10 oldest Europeans ever, and one of the 40 oldest people ever verified in world history.

She was born in Ala
Ala
Ala may refer to:* Ala , a female demon in the Serbian and Bulgarian mythology* Ala , an Alusi in Odinani* Ala , a Republican-period, largely infantry, formation of 5,400 men...

, 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 were Pizzinato attended a boarding school in its capital city, Trento
Trento
Trento is an Italian city located in the Adige River valley in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It is the capital of Trentino...

. World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 forced Pizzinato to take refuge in Bazzano
Bazzano
Bazzano is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 20 km west of Bologna. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,386 and an area of 14.0 km²....

, Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

. After the war she moved back to Milan were she took Italian citizenship and met her future husband Isidoro Papo. During the outbreak of World War two, in 1939, the couple moved to Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, to escape the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....

. 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.

On 23 November 2010, marking her 114th birthday, Pizzinato was visited by Italy's president Giorgio Napolitano
Giorgio Napolitano
Giorgio Napolitano is an Italian politician who has been the 11th President of Italy since 2006. A long-time member of the Italian Communist Party and later the Democrats of the Left, he served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from 1992 to 1994 and as Minister of the Interior from 1996 to...

, 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".

Stella Nardari-Vecchiato

Stella Vecchiato (née Nardari; born 23 December 1898) is an Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 supercentenarian
Supercentenarian
A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

. Aged , Vecchiato is the oldest living Italian
Italian people
The Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...

 since the death of Venere Pizzinato, on 2 August 2011. She is currently the world's 14th oldest living person. She is, however, not the oldest living person born in Italy. Italian-born Dina Manfredini, who now lives in the United States
United States
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, is older. Vecchiato is one of the ten oldest people ever from Italy and the oldest person ever from the region of Veneto.

Vecchiato was born to Maddalena Polo and Giovanni Nardari, in San Cipriano
San Cipriano
San Cipriano is a small village located at 200 metres above sea level on the Pacific nearby the port of Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca Department, Colombia.-Overview:...

, Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. She lived in Marcon and in Mestre. In recent years she has lived in Roncade. She was married to Giovanni Vecchiato, who died in 1970. The couple had four children.
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