Antonia da Santa Cruz
- Full name: Antonia da Santa Cruz
- Lifespan: 13.06.1905 – 23.01.2022
- Age: 116 years, 224 days
- Birthplace: Bahia, Brazil
- Last residence: Bahia, Brazil
- Application date: 39.11.2019
- Validation date: 09.07.2020
- Validation source: Tiago Jose Soares/Gerson DIaz/Claudio Lima
Biography
Antonia da Santa Cruz was born on a farm that then belonged to Queimadas, near Santaluz, Bahia, Brazil, on 13 June 1905. Her parents were Francisco Pereira de Santa’Anna and Anna Maria de Jesus. She was born on the feast day of Saint Anthony, which was why her parents named her Antonia.
Antonia had 11 children. She also adopted her nephew, Jose Luiz Medrado (aged 64 in December 2019).
In 2017, she had 68 grandchildren, 110 great-grandchildren, and 35 great-great-grandchildren. In December 2019, she had a 104-year-old sister living in Rio de Janeiro.
On 18 February 2021, at the age of 115, she received her first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. She was the oldest (known) person to receive the vaccine until Kane Tanaka received it around September 2021.
She became the oldest validated living person in Brazil, as well as the third-oldest living validated person in the world, after the death of Francisca Celsa dos Santos on 5 October 2021.
Antonia da Santa Cruz lived with her 82-year-old daughter, Maria Medrado in Salgadalia, Conceicao do Coite, Bahia, Brazil, where she died of natural causes on 23 January 2022 at the age of 116 years, 224 days.
Longevity titles
Doyenne of Brazil (05.10.2021 – 23.01.2022)
Validation
Antonia de Santaz Cruz age was verified by Tiago Jose Soares Silva, GRG Correspondent for Brazil, Gerson Diaz, Claudio Lima et al, and validated by the GRG on 09.07.2020.
Antonia da Santa Cruz (date unknown)
Miss Antonia on her 111th birthday party.
