| Antonino Turturici | |
 Antonino Turturici on his 108th birthday. | |
| Birth: | 18 January 1912 Caltabellotta, Sicily, Italy |
| Age: | 109 years, 246 days |
| Country: |  ITA
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| Centenarian | |
Antonino Turturici (born 18 January 1912) is an Italian centenarian who is currently the oldest known living man in Italy. However, he is not the oldest living Italian-born man as Delio Venturotti of Brazil is older.
Biography
Antonino Turturici was born in Caltabellotta, Sicily, Italy on 18 January 1912. He had six sisters: all had long-lived, one of which Domenica lived to be 101.
He was married with Angela Schittone for 58 years. The couple had one daughter: Maria Biagia. He worked as farmer until age 92 and drove the car until the age of 94.
As of December 2020, he had one living daughter Maria Biagia, two grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
He became the oldest known living man in Italy since the death of Giovanni La Penna on 28 December 2020.
In April 2021, aged 109, Turturici received his first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, making hime one of the oldest (known) people to receive the vaccine.
Antonino Turturici currently lives in Caltabellotta, Sicily, Italy, at the age of 109 years, 246 days.
References
- Caltabellotta: i 106 anni di nonno Antonino Tortorici Ripost, 20 January 2018
- Festa a Caltabellota per i 107 anni di Antonino Turturici Corriere di Sciacca, 19 January 2019
- Antonino Turturici di 108 anni pensa a raggiungere Roma per il Giubileo del 2025 (Intervista) Risoluto, 24 June 2020
- A Caltabellotta vive l'uomo più longevo d'Italia La Sicilia, 29 December 2020
- VACCINAZIONE ANTICOVID ANCHE PER L'UOMO PIU' ANZIANO D'ITALIA Radio Amica on Facebook
- Persone viventi più longeve in Italia Supercentenari d'Italia
| Italy's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
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Battista Beghelli • Giuseppe Jussig • Francesco Paba • Francesco Soldati Gabbini • Vincenzo Pintorno • Unknown • Leonardo Tamasi • Ulrico Miani • Beniamino Vitone • Pasquale Capella • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Francesco Carlino • Giuseppe De Bonis • Cesare Di Claudio • Paolo Gioletta • Giovanni Ferzini • Antonio Giacchetti • Giuseppe Varagona • Domenico Minervino • Constanzo Tizzano • Saverio Russo • Filippo Mogavero • Adelmo Meoni • Giuseppe Pinna • Valentino Stella • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Todde • Giovanni Frau • Pasquale Frasconi • Carlo Orelli • Carmine Alfano • Luigi Rava • Dante Gavagnin • Italo Sarrocco • Delfino Borroni • Carlo Dozzi • Giovanni Ligato • Giuseppe Mirabella • Arturo Licata • Salvatore Caruso • Valerio Piroddi • Andrea Lattari • Lorenzo Berzero • Luigi Tomasi • Salvatore Cavallo • Giovanni Quarisa • Giovanni La Penna • Antonino Turturici |
