| Virginia Constante | |
 Constante on her 113th birthday in 2020. | |
| Birth: | 10 July 1907 Quero, Tungurahua, Ecuador |
| Death: | October 2020 Ambato, Tungurahua, Ecuador |
| Age: | 113 years, 99+ days |
| Country: |  ECU
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| Unvalidated | |
Maria Virginia Constante Benitez (10 July 1907 – October 2020) was an Ecuadorian supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). She was the oldest known living person in Ecuador at time of her death.
Biography[]
Virginia Constante was born Maria Virginia Constante Benitez in Quero, Tungurahua, Ecuador on 10 July 1907. Her parents were Nicanor Constante and Dolores Benitez. She never married nor had children.
When Virginia was 18, she joined the Dominican Order as a tertiary (Third Order), showing great spiritual strength and devotion to hospital patients and families living in poverty. Several years later, she became part of an apostolate, to prepare children and teens for their first communion. She did this for over 40 years.
By her 104th birthday in 2011, Virginia was having problems with her hearing and sight, but was otherwise in very good health. Despite this, she was wheelchair-bound by her 110th birthday in 2017.
Constante died in Ambato, Tungurahua, Ecuador in October 2020 at the age of 113 years, 99+ days.
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References[]
- Los secretos para vivir 104 años Diario La Hora, 26 July 2011
- Felices celebrando los 110 años de mi querida tía Virginita Constante Teresa Constante on Facebook, 18 July 2017
- Afiliación voluntaria trae beneficios El Heraldo, 24 April 2019