BIOGRAPHY

Lotta was born in Monteiasi, Apulia, Italy on 17 November 1912. As a child, she never worked in the fields, preferring to sew instead. She enjoyed working as a seamstress, and embroidered many garments.

Lotta never married nor had children, instead assisting her widowed sister in taking care of her nephew.

In her later years, Lotta was reported to be of excellent health. She had a fondness for sweets as a supercentenarian.

RECOGNITION

At the time of her passing, she was the oldest resident of the Italian region of Apulia, and the sixth-oldest in the country.

Lotta’s age was validated by the European Supercentenarian Organisation on 3 June 2024.

ATTRIBUTION

• La signora Rita compie 108 anni: “Mai sposata e ghiotta di dolci” La Repubblica, 18 November 2020

• Monteiasi, Nonna Rita compie 108 anni Buonasera, 20 November 2020

• Traguardo da 110 candeline, Monteiasi festeggia «zia Rita» La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, 18 November 2022

• È di Monteiasi una dei Supercentenari d’Italia: Nonna Rita Rosaria spegne 111 candeline La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, 17 November 2023

• Monteiasi, nonna Rita spegne 111 candeline: è una delle nonne più longeve d’Italia Tarantini Time, 18 November 2023

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