| Maria Carpatachi | |
 Carpatachi during her 110th birthday in 2023. | |
| Birth: | 14 October 1913 Island of Simi, South Aegean, Greece |
| Death: | 11 July 2024 Trieste, Firuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy |
| Age: | 110 years, 271 days |
| Country: |  GRE ITA
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| Unvalidated | |
Maria Carpatachi (14 October 1913 - 11 July 2024) was a Greek-born Italian supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).
Biography[]
Maria Carpatachi was born on the Greek island of Simi (which had been occupied by Italy since 1912), on 14 October 1913. She claims to have been born on 8 February 1913, however she was only registered at the registry office several months later due to problems related to the distance from the central registry office of the islands.
She married Umberto, an officer of the Royal Italian Navy stationed in the Italian Dodecanese, at a young age.
At nineteen she moved to Trieste, Italy, where in the midst of the war she had two children: Bruno (1943) and Laura (1944). Maria remembers giving birth to her daughter during the US bombing of Trieste. She remembers that it was a beautiful day but then debris began to fall in the dust. "I found myself on the ground, with the door on top of me. I have never been so scared in my life," Maria recalls. "I gave birth while bombs were falling around me". She became a widow shortly after.
In October 2023, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian. At that time she was still lucid and still spoke Greek.
On 7 July 2024, Carpatachi met Pope Francis in Piazza Unità in Trieste, thus fulfilling one of her great wishes.
A few days later, Maria Carpatachi died in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, on 11 July 2024, at the age of 110 years, 271 days. At the time she was the twelfth oldest living person in Italy and the oldest living known person born in Greece.
References[]
- Maria Carpatachi Longeviquest
- ‘Pink’ Maria compie 108 anni: ha superato 2 guerre, la spagnola e il Covid telefriuli, 22 October 2021
- Maria spegne 109 candeline: è la donna più longeva a Trieste TriestePrima, 15 October 2022
- Maria spegne 110 candeline: è la donna più longeva del Triveneto TriestePrima, 27 October 2023
- Papa Francesco e la nonna di Trieste, si chiama Maria ha 111 anni e ha conosciuto 10 pontefici Il Messaggero, 7 July 2024
- Morta a 110 anni Maria Carpatachi, la più longeva del Triveneto Il Piccolo, 12 July 2024