Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia

Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia
Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia on his 111th birthday
Birth:	8 February 1909 Leon, Castile and Leon, Spain
Age:	112 years, 125 days
Country:	ESP
Unvalidated

Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia [Spanish: García] (born 8 February 1909) is a Spanish supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). He is currently the oldest living man in Spain, as well as the oldest living Spanish-born person.

Biography

Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia was born in Leon, Spain on 8 February 1909, the youngest of six siblings of Salustiano and Josefa de la Fuente Garcia. He has lived in the same province of Spain for his entire life.

In 1927, he became one of the founding members of the Puente Castro Football Club, in which he played as a center-forward.

De la Fuente Garcia married Antonina Barrio on 29 April 1933. They had eight children in total: seven daughters and a son. He worked as a shoemaker in Puente Castro before moving to León. When he celebrated his 110th birthday in February 2019, six of his children were still alive, along with 14 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren.

In April 2019 at the age of 110, he voted in the Spanish general election.

De la Fuente Garcia became the oldest living man in Spain after the death of Jesus Mosteo Perez on 28 August 2019. On 27 June 2020, he became the oldest known living man in Europe after the death of 111-year-old Dumitru Comanescu of Romania. He became the oldest living Spanish-born person following the death of Vicenta Prieto Santos on 2 December 2020.

As of May 2021, he has already received a COVID-19 vaccine.

He currently lives in Leon, Castile and Leon, Spain at the age of 112 years, 125 days.

Gallery

De la Fuente Garcia as a boy

De la Fuente Garcia in 1927 at age 18

De la Fuente Garcia (undated)

De la Fuente Garcia as football player (undated)

De la Fuente Garcia with his football team (undated)

De la Fuente Garcia with his wife (undated)

De la Fuente Garcia in 1983 at age 73

De la Fuente Garcia (undated)

De la Fuente Garcia with his family (undated)

De la Fuente Garcia with his family (undated)

De la Fuente Garcia at age 105

De la Fuente Garcia on his 108th birthday

De la Fuente Garcia on his 109th birthday

De la Fuente Garcia on his 110th birthday

De la Fuente Garcia standing and kicking a ball at age 110

De la Fuente Garcia voting in the Spanish general election in April 2019 at age 110

De la Fuenta Garcia in January 2021

De la Fuente Garcia on his 112th birthday

De la Fuente Garcia in May 2021 at age 112

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References

• La octava persona más longeva de España, el leonés Saturnino de la Fuente, cumple 110 años Europa Press, 8 February 2019
• La decisiva participación de la familia del leonés más longevo La Nueva Crónica, 29 April 2019
• Saturnino, abuelo de León y de España Diario de León, 8 February 2020
• Saturnino cumple 111 «con fuerza y para adelante» Leonoticias, 8 February 2020
• Saturnino, el leonés de los 112 años La Nueva Crónica, 8 February 2021
• El hombre más longevo de Europa, ¿y del mundo? Castilla y León TV, 6 May 2021
• #8ML JUEVES (6-5-21) Libro "Cine para caminar", Saturnino de la Fuente: 112 años, Apertura de Jungla YouTube, 7 May 2021

Europe’s Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Geert Adriaans Boomgaard • Unknown • Matthias Dodenhoff • Frederick Stabbins • William Mugfur • Sven Eriksson • Jean-Pierre Dupont • William Walker • Bening Arnold • Hans Schaftner-Burgin • Lars Olofsson • Marc Picq • Johan Svanstrom • Erik Jansson • Francesco Cubadda • Thomas Pope • John Francklow • Karl Nilsson • Unknown • Antonio Marchi • August Karlsson • Karl Glockner • Anders Jonasson • Mathias Hansen Saether • Jan Kip • Willem Kostering • Unknown • Francesco Paba • John Mosley Turner • Unknown • Friedrich Wedeking • Frederick Butterfield • Jean Teillet • Pasquale Cappello • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Ingebrigt Johansen • Victor Guillot • Andrei Kuznetsoff • Herman Smith-Johannsen • John Evans • Henri Perignon • Domenico Minervino • Josep Armengol-Jover • Pablo Roy • Emile Fourcade • Bernard Delhom • Valentino Stella • Gregorio Merino • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Urrea-Hernandez • Alejandro Rivera Santalla • Antonio Todde • Joan Riudavets-Moll • Hermann Dornemann • Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski • Maurice Floquet • Henry Allingham • Harry Patch • Stanley Lucas • Jan Goossenaerts • Francisco Fernandez • Arturo Licata • Rezso Gallai • Philippe Vocanson • Harold Bracher • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Gustav Gerneth • Bob Weighton • Dumitru Comanescu • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia

Spain's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Mateo Miras Torregrosa • Unknown • Aurelio Diaz • A. L. M. • Galo Leoz • Josep Armengol-Jover • Pablo Roy • Gregorio Merino • Antonio Urrea-Hernandez • Alejandro Rivera Santalla • Joan Riudavets-Moll • Jose Milena Munoz • Jose Maria Somohano Calvo • Miguel Rubio Gonzalez • Atilano Rivas-Iglesias • Francisco Fernandez Pellicer • Miguel Suarez • Benito Vilda • Francisco Fernandez • Bienvenido Cilveti Urquia • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Jesus Mosteo Perez • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia