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Fiorina Fiorelli

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Fiorina Fiorelli
Fiorina Fiorelli
Birth: 13 January 1913
Tolfa, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Death: 18 April 2023
Tolfa, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Age: 110 years, 95 days
Country: ItalyITA
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Fiorina Fiorelli (13 January 1913 – 18 April 2023) was an Italian supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2024.

Biography[]

Fiorelli was born in Tolfa, Rome, Italy, on 13 January 1913. Her mother and sister both caught the Spanish flu, but Fiorelli herself did not. At the age of 16, she ran away to a convent in France to take her vows and become a nun. However, a few months later, she decided that the life of a nun was not for her, and moved back to Rome.

Fiorelli graduated in accounting, and later became a governess to a builder's family. At the age of 45, she married a man 10 years her junior. After her marriage, she became employed with the Ministry of Health and worked there until her retirement.

Fiorelli received the COVID-19 vaccine on New Year's Eve 2020 at the age of 107. She claimed that the secret of her longevity was "eat little, work a lot, and pray a lot." She caught COVID-19 in 2021, and had her third vaccine shortly after recovering.

Fiorelli died in Tolfa, Rome, Lazio, Italy, on 18 April 2023, at the age of 110 years, 95 days.

Recognition[]

Fiorelli was recognized in many news outlets when she received the COVID-19 vaccine. At the time, she was one of the oldest known people to have received it, as well as one of the first in Italy.

At the time of her death, Fiorelli was the second-oldest known living person in Lazio, behind Antonia Manzi.

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