Josefa San Roman Mateos | |
San Roman Mateos on her 110th birthday in 2020 | |
Birth: | 1 January 1910 Alba de Yeltes, Castile and Leon, Spain |
Death: | 25 January 2022 Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain |
Age: | 112 years, 24 days |
Country: | ESP |
Unvalidated |
Josefa San Roman Mateos (1 January 1910 – 25 January 2022) was a Spanish supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
San Roman Mateos was born in the village of Alba de Yeltes, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain, on 1 January 1910. Her parents were Arturo San Roman and Isidora Mateos. She lived in Alba de Yeltes until the age of 96, when her relatives moved her to the nursing home in Ciudad Rodrigo. She became a supercentenarian on New Year's Day 2020. She has two living sisters in their 90s, living in La Fuente de San Esteban and Madrid. Her brother died at the age of 90.
On 30 December 2020 at the age 110, she received her first dose of the Pfizer/BionTech vaccine, making her one of oldest people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. In February 2021, she received her second dose of the vaccine.
She became the oldest living Spanish-born woman, following the death of 111-year-old Concepcion Caselles Serra on 16 October 2021. She became the oldest living Spanish-born person, following the death of 112-year-old Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia on 18 January 2022.
Her sister Teodomira San Roman Mateos (born 3 June 1916) still alive aged 107 years, 320 days.
San Roman Mateos died at the "Residencia Mixta de Ciudad Rodrigo" in Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain, on 25 January 2022 at the age of 112 years, 24 days. At the time of her death, she was the oldest living Spanish-born person, and the second-oldest living person in Spain, behind Maria Branyas Morera.
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- Josefa San Román Mateos cumple 108 años CIUDADRODRIGO.NET, 1 January 2018
- 110th birthday Facebook, 2 January 2020
- 110 años y otras dos hermanas centenarias, así es la abuela salmantina más longeva La Gaceta de Salamanca, 3 January 2020
- La abuela de Salamanca recibe también su vacuna a punto de cumplir 111 años La Gaceta de Salamanca, 31 December 2020
- 111 años, dos dosis de la vacuna y “tan pancha”. La historia de la “superabuela” de la provincia La Gaceta de Salamanca, 6 February 2021
- Es mi tía. Hermana de mi abuela Teodomira San Román con 105 años Amigos de Alba de Yeltes 2.0 on Facebook (comments), 8 November 2021
- Los 112 años de la ‘superabuela’ de Salamanca La Gaceta de Salamanca, 21 January 2022
- Fallece la ‘superabuela’ salmantina y segunda persona más longeva de España La Gaceta de Salamanca, 26 January 2022