| Lucia Laura Sangenito | |
 Sangenito on her 113th birthday in 2023 | |
| Birth: | 22 November 1910 Sturno, Campania, Italy |
| Age: | 113 years, 148 days |
| Country: |  ITA
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| Validated | |
Lucia Laura "Laurina" Sangenito-Abbondandolo (born 22 November 1910) is an Italian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Lucia Laura Sangenito was born in Sturno, Campania, Italy on 22 November 1910. She married and had two children: Maria and Michele. She voted for the Republic in the 1946 Italian institutional referendum. Her husband died in 2010 at the age of 98.
At the age of 107, she underwent surgery for a fracture caused by a domestic accident. In November 2020, she celebrated her 110th birthday. At time, she had two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Even as a supercentenarian, she remains lucid and prays regularly.
Her age was verified by Mr. Alfredo Nocera, GRG Correspondent for Italy, and validated by the GRG on 9 June 2023.
Sangenito currently lives with her daughter Maria Abbondandolo in Sturno, Campania, Italy, at the age of 113 years, 148 days. She is currently the oldest known living person in Campania, and the second-oldest known living person in Italy, behind Claudia Baccarini.
Longevity Records[]
On 15 January 2022 she surpassed the final age of Teresa Ruberto to become the oldest person ever to live in the Campania region. Since the death of Domenica Ercolani on 17 November 2023 she has been the second-oldest person in Italy behind Claudia Baccarini, who is a month older than her.
Gallery[]
References[]
- GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group
- Persone viventi più longeve in Italia Supercentenari d'Italia
- Ariano da primato, a 107 anni operata al femore. Nonna Laurina sta bene ITV Online, 18 May 2018
- A Sturno 108 candeline per la signora Sangenito Nuova Irpinia, 23 November 2018
- Tanti auguri Lucia, è di Sturno la donna piú anziana della Campania AvellinoToday, 22 November 2019
- Sturno – Laurina Sangenito, la “Nonna d’Irpinia” compie 110 anni TgNewsTv, 22 November 2020
- Sturno in festa per Laurina: la Nonna di Irpinia compie 111 anni AvellinoToday, 22 November 2021
- Festa a Sturno, nonna Laurina compie 112 anni AvellinoToday, 22 November 2022
- Lucia Laura Sangenito, 112 anni e non sentirli Corriere Candese, 13 June 2023
- A 112 anni prega e si inchina dinanzi alla statua di San Michele Arcangelo Ottopagine, 30 September 2023
- Traguardo storico in Irpinia: nonna Laurina a Sturno compie oggi 113 anni Ottopagine, 22 November 2023