Valentino Stella

Valentino Stella
Valentino Stella at the age of 110.
Birth:	2 January 1886 Asiago, Veneto, Italy
Death:	1 January 1997 Villafranca di Verona, Veneto, Italy
Age:	110 years, 365 days
Country:	ITA
Validated

Valentino Stella (2 January 1886 – 1 January 1997) was an Italian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). He was the oldest known living man (and person) in Italy at the time of his death.

Biography

Valentino Stella was born in Asiago, Veneto, Italy on 2 January 1886. In 1908, he earned a medal for saving the life of a woman during the Messina Earthquake of 1908. Between 1910 and 1919, he lived in the USA.

When Valentino returned to Italy, he married and had three children: Ida, Zeffira, and Eros. They were all still alive when their father died, aged 74, 68, and 66 respectively. Valentino became the oldest known living man in Italy aged 109 on 8 February 1995, following the death of fellow 109-year-old Giuseppe Pinna. He became the oldest known living person in Italy also aged 109 upon the death of 112-year-old Chelidonia Merosi on 10 December 1995.

Valentino Stella died in Villafranca di Verona, Veneto, Italy on 1 January 1997, after being admitted to hospital for kidney failure. He was 110 years, 365 days old. He is the one of two validated supercentenarians to die 365 days after their final birthday and not celebrate their next one (the second one was Dora Smith). After his death, Antonio Baldo (1887–1998) became the oldest man in Italy, and Eleonora Casagrande (1886–1997) became the oldest person in Italy. He was the oldest man ever from veneto until Baldo surpassed his age

References

• È morto a 110 anni Valentino Stella Supercentenari d'Italia (originally from Veronesi nel Mondo)
• Supercentenari in Italia Supercentenari d'Italia

Europe's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Geert Adriaans Boomgaard • Unknown • Matthias Dodenhoff • Frederick Stabbins • William Mugfur • Sven Eriksson • Jean-Pierre Dupont • William Walker • Bening Arnold • Hans Schaftner-Burgin • Lars Olofsson • Marc Picq • Johan Svanstrom • Erik Jansson • Francesco Cubadda • Thomas Pope • John Francklow • Karl Nilsson • Constant De Lichte • Antonio Marchi • August Karlsson • Karl Glockner • Anders Jonasson • Mathias Hansen Saether • Jan Kip • Willem Kostering • Francesco Paba • John Mosley Turner • Antonije Mladenovic • Friedrich Wedeking • Frederick Butterfield • Jean Teillet • Pasquale Cappello • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Ingebrigt Johansen • Victor Guillot • Andrei Kuznetsoff • Herman Smith-Johannsen • John Evans • Henri Perignon • Domenico Minervino • Josep Armengol-Jover • Pablo Roy • Emile Fourcade • Bernard Delhom • Valentino Stella • Gregorio Merino • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Urrea-Hernandez • Alejandro Rivera Santalla • Antonio Todde • Joan Riudavets Moll • Hermann Dornemann • Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski • Maurice Floquet • Henry Allingham • Harry Patch • Stanley Lucas • Jan Goossenaerts • Francisco Fernandez • Arturo Licata • Rezso Gallai • Philippe Vocanson • Harold Bracher • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Gustav Gerneth • Bob Weighton • Dumitru Comanescu • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia • Stanislaw Kowalski • Andre Boite • Georges Thomas • John Tinniswood

Italy's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E)

Maria Fionda • Maria Luisa Pepe • Carmela Sansone • Paolina Picchi • Marta Cerruti • Eugenia Raco • Francesco Paba • Maria Irrigato • Francesco Soldati Gabbini • Peppa Ferrante • Giuseppina Misasi • Vincenza Pannuti • Maria Imperiali • Ulrico Miani • Assunta Mazzotta • Caterina Cipolla • Lida Bertonati • Nazzarena Di Leo • Santa Caddeo • Carolina Piatti • Annunziata Di Vincenzo • Luigi Saba • Ida Pietrobon • Giuseppe De Bonis • Cesare Di Claudio • Ottavia Trafeli • Rosalinda Del Duca • Paolo Gioletta • Luigina Pepe • Francesca Adelfio • Domenico Minervino • Maddalena Figone • Maria Sirianni • Giuseppa Spolitu • Chelidonia Merosi-Lollobrigida • Valentino Stella • Eleonora Casagrande • Maria Addolorata de Vitis • Antonio Baldo • Giovanna Lizzio • Antonio Todde • Teresa Fumarola • Giovanni Frau • Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi • Giulia Sani-Casagli • Lorenza Dotta • Maria Negri • Lucia Lauria • Ida Frabboni • Venere Pizzinato-Papo • Stella Nardari-Vecchiato • Maria Redaelli • Emma Morano • Marie-Josephine Gaudette • Giuseppina Projetto-Frau • Maria Giuseppa Robucci • Anna Benericetti • Valesca Tanganelli • Erminia Bianchini • Maria Oliva • Ida Zoccarato • Angela Tiraboschi • Domenica Ercolani • Claudia Baccarini

Italy's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Battista Beghelli • Giuseppe Jussig • Francesco Paba • Francesco Soldati Gabbini • Vincenzo Pintorno • Unknown • Leonardo Tamasi • Ulrico Miani • Beniamino Vitone • Pasquale Capella • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Francesco Carlino • Giuseppe De Bonis • Cesare Di Claudio • Paolo Gioletta • Giovanni Ferzini • Antonio Giacchetti • Giuseppe Varagona • Domenico Minervino • Constanzo Tizzano • Saverio Russo • Filippo Mogavero • Adelmo Meoni • Giuseppe Pinna • Valentino Stella • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Todde • Giovanni Frau • Pasquale Frasconi • Carlo Orelli • Carmine Alfano • Luigi Rava • Dante Gavagnin • Italo Sarrocco • Delfino Borroni • Carlo Dozzi • Giovanni Ligato • Giuseppe Mirabella • Arturo Licata • Salvatore Caruso • Valerio Piroddi • Andrea Lattari • Lorenzo Berzero • Luigi Tomasi • Salvatore Cavallo • Giovanni Quarisa • Giovanni La Penna • Antonino Turturici • Gaudenzio Nobili • Giuseppe Venturi • Tripolino Giannini • Michele Cicora • Vitantonio Lovallo