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Rosalinda Del Duca
Rosalinda Del Duca
Birth: 16 August 1876
Taranta Peligna, Abruzzo, Italy
Death: 3 May 1986
Taranta Peligna, Abruzzo, Italy
Age: 109 years, 260 days
Country: Italy ITA
Centenarian

Rosalinda Del Duca-Di Santo (16 August 1876 (claimed 14 May 1875) – 3 May 1986) was an Italian centenarian who was the oldest living person in Italy since the death of Ottavia Trafeli on 30 September 1985, until her own death.

Biography

Rosalinda Del Duca was born in Taranta Peligna, Abruzzo, Italy on 16 August 1876 (claimed 14 May 1875). She married a man with the surname Di Santo.

Del Duca died in Taranta Peligna, Abruzzo, Italy on 3 May 1986 at the age of 109 years, 260 days (claimed 110 years, 354 days). She was succeeded as Italy’s oldest person by Paolo Gioletta.

Issues regarding age

Her case was initially verified on 22 February 2006, was retracted on 23 October 2014, when it turned out that she had taken her older sister's identity.

References


Italy's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • TE)

Maria Fionda • Maria Luisa Pepe • Carmela Sansone • Paolina Picchi • Marta Cerruti • Eugenia Raco • Francesco Paba • Maria Irrigato • Francesco Soldati Gabbini • Peppa Ferrante • Giuseppina Misasi • Vincenza Pannuti • Maria Imperiali • Ulrico Miani • Assunta Mazzotta • Caterina Cipolla • Lida Bertonati • Nazzarena Di Leo • Santa Caddeo • Carolina Piatti • Annunziata Di Vincenzo • Luigi Saba • Ida Pietrobon • Giuseppe De Bonis • Cesare Di Claudio • Ottavia Trafeli • Rosalinda Del Duca • Paolo Gioletta • Luigina Pepe • Francesca Adelfio • Domenico Minervino • Maddalena Figone • Maria Sirianni • Giuseppa Spolitu • Chelidonia Merosi-Lollobrigida • Valentino Stella • Eleonora Casagrande • Maria Addolorata de Vitis • Antonio Baldo • Giovanna Lizzio • Antonio Todde • Teresa Fumarola • Giovanni Frau • Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi • Giulia Sani-Casagli • Lorenza Dotta • Maria Negri • Lucia Lauria • Ida Frabboni • Venere Pizzinato-Papo • Stella Nardari-Vecchiato • Maria Redaelli • Emma Morano • Marie-Josephine GaudetteGiuseppina Projetto-FrauMaria Giuseppa RobucciAnna BenericettiValesca TanganelliErminia BianchiniMaria OlivaIda ZoccaratoAngela TiraboschiDomenica ErcolaniClaudia Baccarini

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