| Amalia Gomes Dantas | |
 Gomes Dantas (aged 112) in December 2020 | |
| Birth: | 6 December 1908 Patos, Paraiba, Brazil |
| Death: | 18 April 2022 Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil |
| Age: | 113 years, 133 days |
| Country: |  BRA
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| Validated | |
Amalia Gomes Dantas (6 December 1908 – 18 April 2022) was a Brazilian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Amalia Gomes Dantas was born in Patos, Paraiba, Brazil, on 6 December 1908 to Francisco Gomes dos Santos and Veneranda de Arimateia Lustosa. Her brother was Fernando Gomes (died in 1985), who was a priest in Patos and Metropolitan Archbishop of Goiania, Goias. She studied at Nossa Senhora das Neves College in Joao Pessoa, Paraiba.
On 10 May 1936, she married Antonio Dantas de Almeida in her native Patos, who died in 2006 at the age of 99. The couple had five sons: Rui Gomes (philosopher, theologian and teacher), Murilo Gomes Dantas (deceased as of 2017, electrical engineer), Ronaldo Gomes Dantas (mechanical engineer), Paulo Antonio Gomes Dantas (pediatrician), and Marconi Gomes Dantas. The first three children (Rui, Murilo, and Ronaldo) were born in Patos, while the two youngest ones were born in Pianco Valley.
Gomes Dantas died around 4:00 p.m. in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil on 18 April 2022 at the age of 113 years, 133 days.
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References[]
- 2021 validations Gerontology Research Group
- Family informations [not avaliable]
- Patoense chega aos 108 anos de idade com saúde e lucidez Folha Patoense, 14 February 2017
- Dei de presente para minha mãe, Dona Amália, 110 anos Paulo Antonio Gomes Dantas (Facebook), 2 April 2019
- no dia da comemoração dos seus 111 anos Paulo Antonio Gomes Dantas (Facebook), 6 December 2019
- festejar os 112 anos de Amália Paulo Antonio Gomes Dantas (Facebook), 7 December 2020
- É alegria e felicidade indescritíveis comemorar os 113 anos de minha mãe Amália Gomes Dantas Paulo Antonio Gomes Dantas (Facebook), 9 December 2021
- Na foto duas mulheres maravilhosas: Amália, minha mãe e Valéria esposa Paulo Antonio Gomes Dantas (Facebook), 8 March 2022
- Aos 113 anos morre a patoense Amália Gomes Folha Patoense, 18 April 2022