| Antonia da Santa Cruz | |
 Antonia da Santa Cruz on her 116th birthday in 2021 | |
| Birth: | 13 June 1905 Bahia, Brazil |
| Death: | 23 January 2022 Bahia, Brazil |
| Age: | 116 years, 224 days |
| Country: |  BRA
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| Validated | |
Antonia da Santa Cruz (born 13 June 1905 - 23 January 2022) is a Brazilian supercentenarian whose age has been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) since 4 February 2021. She is currently the oldest living validated person in Brazil, as well as the second-oldest validated Brazilian person ever, behind Francisca Celsa dos Santos. She is currently the third-oldest validated living person in the world, behind Lucile Randon and Kane Tanaka.
Following the death of Jeanne Bot on 22 May 2021, Cruz became the last known surviving, validated person born in 1905. She is also the oldest validated person born in 1905.
Biography
Antonia da Santa Cruz was born on a farm that then belonged to Queimadas, near Santaluz, Bahia, Brazil, on 13 June 1905. Her parents were Francisco Pereira de Santa’Anna and Anna Maria de Jesus. She was born on the feast day of Saint Anthony, which is why her parents named her Antonia. She had 11 children. She also adopted her nephew, Jose Luiz Medrado (aged 64 in December 2019).
In 2017, she had 68 grandchildren, 110 great-grandchildren and 35 great-great-grandchildren. In December 2019, she had a 104-year-old sister living in Rio de Janeiro.
On 18 February 2021, at the age of 115, she received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. She was the oldest (known) person to receive the vaccine until Kane Tanaka, the oldest living validated person in the world, received it in September 2021.
She became the oldest validated living person in Brazil, as well as the third-oldest living validated person in the world, after the death of Francisca Celsa dos Santos on 5 October 2021.
Antonia da Santa Cruz lived with her 82-year-old daughter, Maria Medrado in Salgadalia, Conceicao do Coite, Bahia, Brazil, where she died on 23 January 2022 at the age of 116 years, 224 days.
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References
- 110 birthday Facebook Post, 14 June 2015
- salgadense-completa-112-anos salgadalia, 14 June 2017
- 113 years mention Facebook Post, 23 June 2018
- Uma das mulheres mais velhas do Brasil reside em Coité, você sabia? Calila Noticias, 27 December 2019
- 115 birthday Facebook Post#1, 13 June 2020
- 115 birthday Facebook Post#2, 13 June 2020
- Salgadália – Dona Antônia Santa Cruz completa 115 anos. Ela tem cuidados redobrados (Vídeo) Calila Noticias, 13 June 2020
- Mulher com 115 anos recebe primeira dose da vacina contra a Covid-19 em Conceição do Coité Informa Bahia, 18 February 2021
- Considerada a 2ª pessoa mais velha do Brasil, baiana de Coité completa 116 anos Voz do Campo, 13 June 2021
- Morre em Salgadália Dona Antônia aos 116 anos. Era a mulher mais velha do Brasil e terceira do mundo Calilanoticias, 23 January 2022
| Brazil's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Anisio Rodrigues Alves • Placida Maria do Livramento • Ana Nogueira de Lucas • Maria Gomes Valentim • Maria Amorim Gularte • Francisca Simao • Luzia Mohrs • Francisca Celsa dos Santos • Antonia da Santa Cruz • Inah Canabarro Lucas |