List of Italian supercentenarians


Italian supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Italy who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age., the Gerontology Research Group had validated the longevity claims of 151 Italian supercentenarians, the majority of whom were women. The oldest Italian ever is Emma Morano, who was also the last living person born before the year 1900. The oldest living person in Italy is Lucia Laura Sangenito born on 22 November 1910 in Campania, aged.

100 oldest known Italians


RankNameSexBirth dateDeath dateAgeBirthplacePlace of death
or residence
1Emma MoranoF29 November 189915 April 2017PiedmontPiedmont
2Maria Giuseppa RobucciF20 March 190318 June 2019ApuliaApulia
3Giuseppina ProjettoF30 May 19026 July 2018SardiniaTuscany
4F4 April 189717 December 2012Emilia-RomagnaUnited States
5Marie-Josephine GaudetteF25 March 190213 July 2017United StatesLazio
6Lucia Laura SangenitoF22 November 1910LivingCampaniaCampania
7Venere Ires PizzinatoF23 November 18962 August 2011Trentino-Alto AdigeVeneto
8F13 October 191024 December 2024Emilia-RomagnaEmilia-Romagna
9Virginia DigheroF24 December 189128 December 2005LiguriaLiguria
10Maria RedaelliF3 April 18992 April 2013LombardyLombardy
11Maria Carmela RicciF16 April 1912LivingCampaniaPiedmont
12F22 March 190611 December 2019Emilia-RomagnaEmilia-Romagna
13Amalia BaroneF6 October 188426 June 1998CampaniaUnited States
14Diega CammalleriF23 October 190515 June 2019SicilySicily
15Francesca FioriglioF11 January 191216 July 2025SicilySicily
16Amarillide BufaliniF27 November 187615 May 1990113 years, 169 daysLazioUnited States
17Maria GravigiF3 March 190015 August 2013Friuli-Venezia GiuliaFriuli-Venezia Giulia
18Maria Teresa FumarolaF2 December 188914 May 2003ApuliaApulia
19Domenica ErcolaniF3 July 191017 November 2023MarcheMarche
20Lucia LauriaF4 March 189628 June 2009BasilicataBasilicata
21Irene CiuffolettiF19 January 19037 May 2016BasilicataUnited States
22Mariannina GenoveseF15 October 19051 January 2019SicilySicily
23Anna NatellaF21 November 1912LivingBasilicataUnited States
24Stella NardariF23 December 189823 February 2012VenetoVeneto
25Ida FrabboniF4 October 18962 November 2009Emilia-RomagnaEmilia-Romagna
25Guerina AmedeiF31 January 19061 March 2019Emilia-RomagnaEmilia-Romagna
27Giulia SaniF15 September 18934 September 2006TuscanyTuscany
28Renata BianchiF16 October 19064 October 2019Emilia-RomagnaEmilia-Romagna
29Antonio ToddeM22 January 18893 January 2002SardiniaSardinia
30Cristina PalosciaF15 May 191231 March 2025AbruzzoTuscany
31Marietta CapizziF30 January 190110 November 2013SicilyUnited States
32Maria MuraroF29 March 18922 January 2005VenetoVeneto
33Rosa BandiniF11 September 190112 June 2014Emilia-RomagnaEmilia-Romagna
34Rosa De VitaF8 February 191111 October 2023CampaniaCampania
35Emilia ZucchettiF28 August 190326 April 2016VenetoLombardy
35Valesca TanganelliF7 July 19074 March 2020TuscanyTuscany
37Ida ZoccaratoF24 May 190916 January 2022VenetoVeneto
38Delio VenturottiM25 October 19091 June 2022VenetoBrazil
39Anna Maria RosatiF4 May 190527 November 2017LombardyLombardy
40Luisa ChiacchiariF10 December 188629 June 1999MoliseUnited States
41Lina GrottaF22 November 189627 May 2009TuscanyTuscany
42Carmela VelardiF22 October 190621 April 2019SicilySicily
43Catherine AbateF15 November 19097 May 2022BasilicataUnited States
44Giovanni FrauM29 December 189019 June 2003SardiniaSardinia
45Serafina NaccaratoF10 October 189329 March 2006CalabriaMarche
46Lorenza DottaF7 August 189411 January 2007PiedmontPiedmont
47Vincenza ColucciF24 January 190326 June 2015AbruzzoUnited States
48Maria OlivaF16 April 190927 August 2021SicilySicily
49Ines SommovigoF6 November 191116 March 2024LiguriaLiguria
50Rosa PesceF12 September 19029 January 2015PiedmontPiedmont
51Amelia AddariF25 March 191220 July 2024SardiniaSardinia
52Santa GennariF23 February 189918 June 2011MarcheMarche
53Giuseppa SalernoF17 June 191126 September 2023CampaniaCampania
54Rosaria "Rose" CalecaF5 February 18956 May 2007SicilyUnited States
55Erminia BianchiniF23 April 190823 June 2020PiedmontPiedmont
56Chelidonia MerosiF11 October 188310 December 1995LazioLazio
57Maria Antonia D’AmoreF20 October 190924 November 2021112 years, 35 daysAbruzzoLazio
58Onorina Apprato de TagliaferroF7 July 191310 August 2025PiedmontArgentina
59Maria MallozziF25 September 188726 October 1999LazioCanada
60Angela CaseF21 July 189917 August 2011VenetoVeneto
61Mamie TeiF14 November 19137 December 2025United StatesTuscany
62Elia ConcariF14 July 19052 August 2017AbruzzoLombardy
63F19 April 19107 May 2022LombardyLombardy
64Antonia ManziF20 February 19124 March 2024112 years, 13 daysLazioLazio
65Irma IlariF22 September 190717 September 2019TuscanyTuscany
66Arturo LicataM2 May 190224 April 2014SicilySicily
67Maria NovaraF4 May 191324 April 2025SicilySicily
68Maria CresciniF20 January 190417 December 2015LombardyLombardy
69Margherita CarossioF10 August 190530 June 2017PiedmontArgentina
70Frances PisanoF2 April 191018 February 2022CalabriaUnited States
71Margherita VenzoF21 February 19038 January 2015VenetoVeneto
72Maria ZaccariaF24 November 19052 October 2017SicilyFrance
73Vitantonio LovalloM28 March 1914LivingBasilicataBasilicata
74Valerio PiroddiM13 November 190518 September 2017SardiniaSardinia
75Maria NegriF12 March 189513 January 2007VenetoVeneto
76Lidia Menis PeresiniF30 November 190622 September 2018Friuli-Venezia GiuliaCosta Rica
77Matilde CoulterF30 March 190919 January 2021ApuliaUnited Kingdom
78Lucia Clementa RondaF22 April 1914LivingLombardyLombardy
79Maria Luisa TortechF9 May 1914LivingFranceLiguria
80Maria-Elisa MoroF11 February 18972 November 2008VenetoLazio
81Rita LottaF17 November 19121 August 2024ApuliaApulia
81Iole BarosiF3 April 191417 December 2025LombardyLombardy
83Giuseppa CampagnaF1 January 190315 September 2014111 years, 257 daysSicilyUnited States
84Lilla De GeronimiF2 December 189214 August 2004LiguriaLiguria
85Ida OrtolaniF4 October 191214 June 2024111 years, 254 daysUnited StatesLombardy
86Maria CiuffredaF21 June 189928 February 2011ApuliaApulia
87Maria GranelloF11 December 190411 August 2016VenetoVeneto
88Lucia SolimanF17 April 191115 December 2022VenetoVeneto
89Anita TiburniF3 May 190027 December 2011TuscanyTuscany
90Carolina PerettiF21 October 189715 June 2009Aosta ValleyPiedmont
91Maria Antonia ZuccalàF15 March 190515 October 2016CalabriaCalabria
92Ebe Luisa TosiF11 July 19135 February 2025Emilia-RomagnaLiguria
93Gesuina DonatiF9 June 18931 January 2005LazioLazio
94Anna DiFeliceF10 March 189230 September 2003AbruzzoUnited States
95Luigia GorlaF28 January 191116 August 2022111 years, 200 daysLombardyLombardy
96Giuseppa ComandèF23 December 19108 July 2022SicilySicily
97Isabella PelàF26 July 1914LivingVenetoTrentino-Alto Adige
98Rosa FrauF12 August 190114 February 2013SardiniaSardinia
99Maria MattiviF29 November 190429 May 2016Trentino-Alto AdigeTrentino-Alto Adige
100Carmela VillaniF1 May 190925 October 2020ApuliaApulia

Biographies

Antonio Todde

Antonio Todde was an Italian supercentenarian who, at the time of his death shortly before his 113th birthday, was the Oldest people#Chronological list of the [oldest living man since 1973|oldest man in the world]. Todde was born in the village of Tiana, in the province of Nuoro, Sardinia, an area noted for its centenarian density. Born to a poor shepherd family, Todde was the third of 12 children. In 1920, at age 31, he married Maria Antonia, then aged 25, and they had four daughters and a son. She died in 1990, aged 95. He left Sardinia only to fight in the First World War, where he was injured in the shoulder by a grenade. He died at age 112 years and 346 days on 3 January 2002.

Venere Pizzinato

Venere Ires Pizzinato was an Italian supercentenarian who lived for 114 years and 252 days. At the time of her death she was the oldest person ever from Italy.
She was born in Ala, Trentino, then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. World War I forced her to take refuge in Bazzano, Bologna. After the war, she moved to Milan, where she took Italian citizenship and met her future husband Isidoro Papo. During the outbreak of the Second World War, 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, they settled in Verona. Mr. Papo died in 1981. Pizzinato remained in Verona for the rest of her life, spending her final years in a retirement home.
On 23 November 2010, marking her 114th birthday, Pizzinato was visited by Italy's president, Giorgio Napolitano, who wrote her a congratulatory letter.

Marie-Josephine Gaudette

Marie-Josephine Clarice Gaudette was the oldest living Italian from the death of Emma Morano on 15 April 2017 until her own death three months later. Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, to French Canadian immigrants, she was also the oldest living person born in the United States from May 2016 to July 2017.
A nun known as Mother Cecilia, she lived in Canada and France before settling in Rome. She lived at the Convento di Gesù e Maria from 1958 until her death, and was considered "the world's oldest nun". Gaudette died on 13 July 2017, aged 115 years and 110 days.

Giuseppina Projetto-Frau

Giuseppina Projetto-Frau was, at age 116 years and 37 days, the oldest living person in Italy from the death of Marie Josephine Gaudette on 13 July 2017, and the world's second-oldest verified living person upon the death of Nabi Tajima on 21 April 2018, until her own death on 6 July 2018.
She was born in La Maddalena, but was of Sicilian origin. Her maternal grandfather had moved from Sicily with the expedition of Giuseppe Garibaldi. In 1946, she married Giuseppe Frau, a widower with three children. At the time of her death, Projetto lived in Tuscany with her daughter-in-law and grandchildren.

Delio Venturotti

Delio Venturotti was the oldest living Italian-born person and the second oldest man in the world at the time of his death.
He was born in Calto, Veneto, Italy. He left Italy at the age of three with his parents and two sisters, after his father had been informed of the potential for a large war in Europe. The family arrived in Rio de Janeiro and took another ship to Espírito Santo, where Venturotti worked on plantations. He would later go on to work as a driver, and, starting in the 1940s, in a fabric store. He married Dulcina Gama on 15 March 1946 and had four children. The couple later moved to São Paulo, and 29 years later to Florianópolis. He became the oldest Italian-born person upon the death of Ida Zoccarato on 16 January 2022. When he died in June 2022, aged 112 years and 219 days, he was the second oldest man in the world after Juan Vicente Pérez; his death left Pérez as the last verified man born in the 1900s decade.

Lucia Laura Sangenito

Lucia Laura Sangenito-Abbondandolo is the oldest living person in Italy and the fourth oldest living person in the world.
Lucia Laura Sangenito-Abbondandolo was born in Sturno, Campania, Italy. She has lived there her entire life. As a young woman, she worked in the fields. She married in February 1939 and had four children; two of whom died as infants, with the other two, daughter Maria and son Michele, still living. She lost her home in the 1962 Irpinia earthquake and a new house was rebuilt in a different location in 1970. Her husband Pasquale Abbondandolo died at the age of 98 in 2010, and her mother Filomena Ceriello died at the age of 101. When she was 107, she had surgery for a fractured femur. She quietly celebrated her 110th birthday in November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 1 June 2024, she was visited by LongeviQuest, one of the top age validation organizations, who gave her a certificate recognizing her for being the second oldest living person in Italy. She is the oldest person ever from the Campania region of Italy, and, when Claudia Baccarini died on 24 December 2024, she became the oldest living person in Italy.