Vitantonio Lovallo, the oldest living man in Italy, celebrated his 111th birthday

The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) is delighted to announced the oldest living man in Italy, Vitantonio Lovallo, just celebrated his 111th birthday on 28 March 2025.

Vitantonio Lovallo was born in Avigliano, Basilicata, Italy, on 28 March 1914.

From the age of 16, Lovallo has always worked. He began by being a shepherd and helping the family in the lands cultivated with wheat or corn. During the Second World War he was sent to the front. Lovallo was first in Bari and then a prisoner in Corfù. At the end of the war he returned home and found work as a muleteer (he transported wood with mules). Then he married and had three children, two daughters (one of whom was 86 years old, in 2023) and a son. Throughout his life he continued to work.

At the age of 103, Lovallo still tended the vineyard or grazed his ten sheep every morning. The secret of its vitality is concentrated in these two aspects: healthy and stress-free life.

Lovallo became the last living Italian man born in 1914, following the death of professor Luigi Miti on 15 July 2023, when he was 109 years and 109 days old.

On 28 March 2024, Lovallo celebrated his 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian. Only 3 days later, he became the oldest living man in Italy, following the death of 110-year-old Michele Cicora on 31 March 2024.

Lovallo’s age was verified by the GRG-Italy Correspondent Alfredo Nocera, and validated by the GRG on 30 May 2024.

Vitantonio Lovallo currently lives in Avigliano, Basilicata, Italy, at the age of 111. He is currently the oldest living person in Basilicata and the fourth-oldest living man in Europe, after Ilie Ciocan, John Huang, and Luis Carrasco-Munoz Perez de la Isla.

We bless him a wonderful 111th birthday. Congratulations to him!

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Italian: Nonno Vitantonio Lovallo di Avigliano compie 111 anni. E’ tra i più longevi d’Italia