List of Italian supercentenarians

This is a list of Italian supercentenarians (people from Italy who have attained the age of at least 110 years). Currently, the oldest Italian person ever and the oldest living person in Italy is Emma Morano, age 116 years, 149 days.^[1] She is also the oldest living European person.

Living Italian supercentenarians

see List of oldest living people.

100 oldest Italian people on record

      Deceased       Living

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Region or country of birth	Region of death
1	Emma Morano[1]	F	29 November 1899	Living	116 years, 149 days	Piedmont	Living in Piedmont
2	Venere Pizzinato[2]	F	23 November 1896	2 August 2011	114 years, 252 days	Trentino-Alto Adige[lower-alpha 1]	Veneto
3	Marie Josephine Gaudette[1]	F	25 March 1902	Living	114 years, 32 days	United States	Living in Lazio
4	Virginia Dighero[3]	F	24 December 1891	28 December 2005	114 years, 4 days	Liguria	Liguria
5	Maria Redaelli[1]	F	3 April 1899	2 April 2013	113 years, 364 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
6	Giuseppina Projetto[1]	F	30 May 1902	Living	113 years, 332 days	Sardinia	Living in Tuscany
7	Maria Gravigi[1]	F	3 March 1900	15 August 2013	113 years, 165 days	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
8	Teresa Fumarola[3]	F	2 December 1889	14 May 2003	113 years, 163 days	Apulia	Apulia
9	Lucia Lauria[4]	F	4 March 1896	28 June 2009	113 years, 116 days	Basilicata	Basilicata
10	Stella Nardari[5]	F	23 December 1898	23 February 2012	113 years, 62 days	Veneto	Veneto
11	Maria Giuseppa Robucci[1]	F	20 March 1903	Living	113 years, 37 days	Apulia	Living in Apulia
12	Ida Frabboni [4]	F	4 October 1896	2 November 2009	113 years, 29 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
13	Giulia Sani[3]	F	15 September 1893	4 September 2006	112 years, 354 days	Tuscany	Tuscany
14	Antonio Todde[3]	M	22 January 1889	3 January 2002	112 years, 346 days	Sardinia	Sardinia
15	Maria Muraro[3]	F	29 March 1892	2 January 2005	112 years, 279 days	Veneto	Veneto
16	Rosa Bandini[1]	F	11 September 1901	12 June 2014	112 years, 274 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
17	Emilia Zucchetti[1]	F	28 August 1903	26 April 2016	112 years, 242 days	Veneto	Lombardy
18	Lina Grotta[4]	F	22 November 1896	27 May 2009	112 years, 186 days	Tuscany	Tuscany
19	Giovanni Frau[3]	M	29 December 1890	19 June 2003	112 years, 172 days	Sardinia	Sardinia
20	Serafina Naccarato[3]	F	10 October 1893	29 March 2006	112 years, 170 days	Calabria	Marche
21	Lorenza Dotta[3]	F	7 August 1894	11 January 2007	112 years, 157 days	Piedmont	Piedmont
22	Rosa Pesce[1]	F	12 September 1902	9 January 2015	112 years, 119 days	Piedmont	Piedmont
23	Santa Gennari[2]	F	23 February 1899	18 June 2011	112 years, 115 days	Marche	Marche
24	Chelidonia Merosi[3]	F	11 October 1883	10 December 1995	112 years, 60 days	Lazio	Lazio
25	Angela Case[2]	F	21 July 1899	17 August 2011	112 years, 27 days	Veneto	Veneto
26	Arturo Licata	M	2 May 1902	24 April 2014	111 years, 357 days	Sicily	Sicily
27	Maria Crescini	F	20 January 1904	17 December 2015	111 years, 331 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
28	Maria Negri[3]	F	12 March 1895	13 January 2007	111 years, 307 days	Veneto	Veneto
29	Maria-Elisa Moro[6]	F	11 February 1897	2 November 2008	111 years, 265 days	Veneto	Lazio
30	Lilla De Geronimi[3]	F	2 December 1892	14 August 2004	111 years, 256 days	Liguria	Liguria
31	Maria Ciuffreda[2]	F	21 June 1899	28 February 2011	111 years, 252 days	Apulia	Apulia
32	Anita Tiburni[2]	F	3 May 1900	27 December 2011	111 years, 238 days	Tuscany	Tuscany
33	Carolina Peretti[4]	F	21 October 1897	15 June 2009	111 years, 237 days	Aosta Valley	Piedmont
34	Gesuina Donati[3]	F	9 June 1893	1 January 2005	111 years, 206 days	Lazio	Lazio
35	Rosa Frau[1]	F	12 August 1901	14 February 2013	111 years, 186 days	Sardinia	Sardinia
36	Maria Gentilini[3]	F	12 May 1894	4 November 2005	111 years, 176 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
37	Ernesta Pizzocri[1]	F	20 August 1901	6 February 2013	111 years, 170 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
38	Elvira Raimondi[3]	F	13 February 1890	25 May 2001	111 years, 101 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
39	Linda Zappettini[3]	F	26 February 1892	20 May 2003	111 years, 83 days	Liguria	Liguria
	Carmela Mileo[2]	F	27 November 1899	18 February 2011	111 years, 83 days	Calabria	Calabria
41	Angela Rogges[5]	F	19 November 1900	23 January 2012	111 years, 65 days	Apulia	Apulia
42	Theresia Staffler[7]	F	15 November 1898	11 January 2010	111 years, 57 days	Trentino-Alto Adige[lower-alpha 2]	Trentino-Alto Adige
43	Domenica Di Tomasso[2]	F	11 February 1900	7 April 2011	111 years, 55 days	Abruzzo	Abruzzo
44	Antonio Baldo[3]	M	6 July 1887	28 August 1998	111 years, 53 days	Veneto	Veneto
	Teresa Ruberto[8]	F	3 November 1896	26 December 2007	111 years, 53 days	Campania	Campania
46	Salvina Martinelli[3]	F	2 August 1892	18 September 2003	111 years, 47 days	Veneto	Veneto
	Grazia Spadafino[3]	F	13 October 1893	29 November 2004	111 years, 47 days	Apulia	Apulia
48	Orsola Perego[3]	F	10 January 1892	23 February 2003	111 years, 44 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
49	Giovanni Ligato[5]	M	18 February 1901	2 March 2012	111 years, 13 days	Calabria	Liguria
50	Domenico Minervino[3]	M	10 May 1880	22 May 1991	111 years, 12 days	Calabria	Calabria
51	Maddalena Figone[3]	F	1 March 1881	6 March 1992	111 years, 5 days	Liguria	Liguria
52	Valentino Stella[3]	M	2 January 1886	1 January 1997	110 years, 365 days	Veneto	Veneto
53	Ida Severini[3]	F	12 February 1893	6 February 2004	110 years, 359 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
54	Lida Bertonati[9]	F	30 April 1867	17 April 1978	110 years, 352 days	Liguria	Tuscany
55	Giuseppina Deidda[2]	F	25 January 1900	2 January 2011	110 years, 342 days	Sardinia	Sardinia
56	Cirilla Zenari[1]	F	28 February 1902	2 February 2013	110 years, 340 days	Veneto	Veneto
57	Eleonora Casagrande[3]	F	9 July 1886	6 June 1997	110 years, 332 days	Liguria	Liguria
58	Concetta La Rocca[5]	F	4 June 1901	29 April 2012	110 years, 330 days	Sicily	Sicily
59	Emilia Revello[4]	F	1 June 1898	24 April 2009	110 years, 327 days	Liguria	Liguria
60	Rosa Gai[3]	F	19 June 1895	11 May 2006	110 years, 326 days	Piedmont	Lombardy
61	Teresa Brachetta[7]	F	11 August 1899	24 June 2010	110 years, 317 days	Marche	Marche
62	Pasqualina Colli[3]	F	17 May 1894	29 March 2005	110 years, 316 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
63	Francesca Lo Presti[9]	F	30 April 1890	5 February 2001	110 years, 281 days	Sicily	Lazio
64	Addolorata De Vitis[3]	F	1 April 1887	6 January 1998	110 years, 280 days	Apulia	Apulia
65	Maria Campagna[6]	F	1 August 1897	2 May 2008	110 years, 275 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
66	Maria Artimini[2]	F	16 September 1900	3 June 2011	110 years, 260 days	Tuscany	Tuscany
67	Maria Gandolfi[3]	F	1 July 1896	15 March 2007	110 years, 257 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
68	Placida Antonina Flores[2]	F	21 October 1900	3 July 2011	110 years, 255 days	Sicily	Sicily
69	Lina Sansuini[1]	F	9 September 1902	19 May 2013	110 years, 252 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
70	Virginia Broglia[3]	F	11 October 1887	16 June 1998	110 years, 248 days	Lazio	Lazio
71	Anna Scarano[5]	F	5 March 1902	22 October 2012	110 years, 231 days	Apulia	Lombardy
72	Eufemia Domenici[4]	F	12 August 1898	16 March 2009	110 years, 216 days	Liguria	Liguria
73	Teresa Cesarini[10]	F	19 June 1894	16 January 2005	110 years, 211 days	Sardinia	Lazio
	Fenimola Farinelli[3]	F	1 October 1894	30 April 2005	110 years, 211 days	Umbria	Liguria
75	Cesarina Thiebat[3]	F	16 August 1896	12 March 2007	110 years, 210 days	Aosta Valley	Piedmont
	Maria Giovanna Giudice[5]	F	28 September 1901	25 April 2012	110 years, 210 days	Piedmont	Piedmont
77	Carla Porta Musa[5]	F	15 March 1902	10 October 2012	110 years, 209 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
78	Giuseppe Mirabella[5]	M	6 September 1901	30 March 2012	110 years, 206 days	Sicily	Sicily
79	Maria Cristina Cappelli[2]	F	8 December 1900	18 June 2011	110 years, 192 days	Abruzzo	Abruzzo
80	Annita Bonandi[5]	F	12 May 1902	19 November 2012	110 years, 191 days	Lombardy	Emilia-Romagna
81	Domenica Buccini[11]	F	10 July 1895	15 January 2006	110 years, 189 days	Lazio	Abruzzo
	Vitalia Scodina[2]	F	14 February 1901	22 August 2011	110 years, 189 days	Sardinia	Lazio
83	Maria Grazia Broccolo[3]	F	6 July 1891	4 January 2002	110 years, 182 days	Lazio	Lazio
84	Antonietta Rocca[7]	F	7 October 1899	29 March 2010	110 years, 173 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
85	Anna Monti[6]	F	19 October 1897	6 April 2008	110 years, 170 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
86	Grazia Carbonaro[4]	F	5 April 1899	20 September 2009	110 years, 168 days	Sicily	Sicily
	Maria Radicati di Primeglio[2]	F	28 July 1900	12 January 2011	110 years, 168 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
88	Maria Sirianni[3]	F	1 August 1882	7 January 1993	110 years, 159 days	Calabria	Calabria
89	Pia Paioncini[3]	F	14 June 1881	12 November 1991	110 years, 151 days	Marche	Marche
90	Antonia Pampaluna[6]	F	15 February 1898	4 July 2008	110 years, 140 days	Lombardy	Emilia-Romagna
91	Eleonora Luisa Pruneti[3]	F	7 October 1880	20 February 1991	110 years, 136 days	Tuscany	Tuscany
92	Pasquale Frasconi[3]	M	12 November 1893	16 March 2004	110 years, 125 days	Sardinia	Sardinia
93	Alfredo Raneri[3]	M	8 December 1891	1 April 2002	110 years, 114 days	Sicily	Liguria
94	Carlotta Ollino[3]	F	10 August 1887	1 December 1997	110 years, 113 days	Liguria	Emilia-Romagna
95	Liduina Dalrì[3]	F	15 September 1892	25 December 2002	110 years, 101 days	Trentino-Alto Adige[lower-alpha 3]	Trentino-Alto Adige
96	Carolina Capello[3]	F	12 June 1895	16 September 2005	110 years, 96 days	Piedmont	Piedmont
97	Maria Bazzana[3]	F	20 February 1889	21 May 1999	110 years, 90 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
98	Lucia Ceravola[3]	F	17 October 1880	10 January 1991	110 years, 85 days	Campania	Campania
99	Adele D'Amico [8]	F	10 June 1897	2 September 2007	110 years, 84 days	Sicily	Lazio
100	Enrichetta Piazza[3]	F	24 July 1893	13 October 2003	110 years, 81 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
	Lucia Rangone[6]	F	15 January 1898	5 April 2008	110 years, 81 days	Piedmont	Piedmont

1. Pizzinato was born in Ala, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Italy.
2. Staffler was born in Ulten, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Italy.
3. Dalrì was born in South Tyrol, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Italy.

Italian emigrant supercentenarians

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Region of birth	Country of death
1	Dina Manfredini[5]	F	4 April 1897	17 December 2012	115 years, 257 days	Emilia-Romagna	United States
2	Amalia Barone[3]	F	6 October 1884	26 June 1998	113 years, 263 days	Campania	United States
3	Irene Ciuffoletti[1]	F	19 January 1903	Living	113 years, 98 days	Basilicata	Living in the United States
4	Marietta Capizzi[1]	F	30 January 1901	10 November 2013	112 years, 284 days	Sicily	United States
5	Luisa Delfino[3]	F	10 December 1886	29 June 1999	112 years, 201 days	Molise	United States
6	Vincenza Colucci	F	24 January 1903	26 June 2015	112 years, 153 days	Abruzzo	United States
7	Rosaria Caleca[8]	F	5 February 1895	6 May 2007	112 years, 90 days	Sicily	United States
8	Maria Mallozzi[3]	F	25 September 1887	26 October 1999	112 years, 31 days	Lazio	Canada
9	Anna Di Felice[3]	F	10 March 1892	30 September 2003	111 years, 204 days	Abruzzo	United States
10	Alba Togni[1]	F	21 March 1902	31 July 2013	111 years, 132 days	Lombardy	France
11	Natalina Erminia Cresci[3]	F	25 December 1890	13 March 2002	111 years, 78 days	Liguria	United States
12	Lucia Prata[3]	F	20 October 1883	15 October 1994	110 years, 360 days	Abruzzo	United States
13	Antonio Pierro[3]	M	22 February 1896	8 February 2007	110 years, 351 days	Basilicata	United States
14	Nunzia Maria Sgroi[3]	F	19 February 1887	23 January 1998	110 years, 338 days	Sicily	United States
15	Rosa Colicchia[3]	F	30 January 1886	29 November 1996	110 years, 304 days	Sicily	United States
16	Carmina Acierni[6]	F	14 February 1898	2 November 2008	110 years, 262 days	Abruzzo	United States
17	Pasqualina Franco[4]	F	2 December 1898	16 August 2009	110 years, 257 days	Calabria	Canada
18	Lucia Damiano[2]	F	4 August 1900	16 March 2011	110 years, 224 days	Piedmont	France
19	Giulia Gemignani[3]	F	25 March 1895	21 October 2005	110 years, 210 days	Tuscany	United States
20	Marie Piacentino[3]	F	25 November 1888	21 June 1999	110 years, 208 days	Piedmont	Australia
21	Vincenzo Izzillo[3]	M	29 July 1883	23 January 1994	110 years, 178 days	Campania	United States
22	Rosina Carli[2]	F	23 April 1901	8 October 2011	110 years, 168 days	Emilia-Romagna	France
23	Mary Schiazza[8]	F	19 March 1897	29 August 2007	110 years, 163 days	Abruzzo	United States
24	Salvatore Fiore[3]	M	10 September 1888	11 February 1999	110 years, 154 days	Campania	United States
25	Anna Gattuso[3]	F	24 July 1888	25 October 1998	110 years, 93 days	Calabria	United States
26	Giulia Mordini[3]	F	17 August 1892	5 November 2002	110 years, 80 days	Emilia-Romagna	United States
27	Lazare Ponticelli[6]	M	24 December 1897	12 March 2008	110 years, 79 days	Emilia-Romagna	France
28	Donata Breggia[3]	F	29 December 1891	28 January 2002	110 years, 30 days	Abruzzo	United States

Chronological list of the oldest living person in Italy since 1991

      Deceased       Living

From	To	Name	Sex	Age(s) when oldest	Lifespan	Region of death
?	22 May 1991	Domenico Minervino[3]	M	? – 111	10 May 1880 – 22 May 1991 111 years, 12 days	Calabria
22 May 1991	6 March 1992 (289 days)	Maddalena Figone[3]	F	110 – 111	1 March 1881 – 6 March 1992 111 years, 5 days	Liguria
6 March 1992	7 January 1993 (307 days)	Maria Sirianni[3]	F	109 – 110	1 August 1882 – 7 January 1993 110 years, 159 days	Calabria
7 January 1993	16 October 1993 (282 days)	Giuseppa Spolitu[3]	F	109 – 110	12 September 1883 – 16 October 1993 110 years, 34 days	Sardinia
16 October 1993	10 December 1995 (2 years, 55 days)	Chelidonia Merosi[3]	F	110 – 112	11 October 1883 – 10 December 1995 112 years, 60 days	Lazio
10 December 1995	1 January 1997 (1 year, 22 days)	Valentino Stella[3]	M	109 – 110	2 January 1886 – 1 January 1997 110 years, 365 days	Veneto
1 January 1997	6 June 1997 (156 days)	Eleonora Casagrande[3]	F	110	9 July 1886 – 6 June 1997 110 years, 322 days	Liguria
6 June 1997	6 January 1998 (214 days)	Addolorata De Vitis[3]	F	110	1 April 1887 – 6 January 1998 110 years, 280 days	Apulia
6 January 1998	28 August 1998 (234 days)	Antonio Baldo[3]	M	110 – 111	6 July 1887 – 28 August 1998 111 years, 53 days	Veneto
28 August 1998	4 February 1999 (160 days)	Giovanna Lizzio[3]	F	109 – 110	19 November 1888 – 4 February 1999 110 years, 77 days	Sicily
4 February 1999	3 January 2002 (2 years, 333 days)	Antonio Todde[3]	M	110 – 112	22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002 112 years, 346 days	Sardinia
3 January 2002	14 May 2003 (1 year, 131 days)	Teresa Fumarola[3]	F	112 – 113	2 December 1889 – 14 May 2003 113 years, 163 days	Apulia
14 May 2003	19 June 2003 (36 days)	Giovanni Frau[3]	M	112	29 December 1890 – 19 June 2003 112 years, 172 days	Sardinia
19 June 2003	28 December 2005 (2 years, 192 days)	Virginia Dighero[3]	F	111 – 114	24 December 1891 – 28 December 2005 114 years, 4 days	Liguria
28 December 2005	4 September 2006 (250 days)	Giulia Sani[3]	F	112	15 September 1893 – 4 September 2006 112 years, 354 days	Tuscany
4 September 2006	11 January 2007 (129 days)	Lorenza Dotta[3]	F	112	7 August 1894 – 11 January 2007 112 years, 157 days	Piedmont
11 January 2007	13 January 2007 (2 days)	Maria Negri[3]	F	111	12 March 1895 – 13 January 2007 111 years, 307 days	Veneto
13 January 2007	28 June 2009 (2 years, 166 days)	Lucia Lauria[3]	F	110 – 113	4 March 1896 – 28 June 2009 113 years, 116 days	Basilicata
28 June 2009	2 November 2009 (127 days)	Ida Frabboni[3]	F	112 – 113	4 October 1896 – 2 November 2009 113 years, 29 days	Emilia-Romagna
2 November 2009	2 August 2011 (1 year, 273 days)	Venere Pizzinato-Papo	F	112 – 114	23 November 1896 – 2 August 2011 114 years, 252 days	Veneto
2 August 2011	23 February 2012 (205 days)	Stella Nardari-Vecchiato	F	112 – 113	23 December 1898 – 23 February 2012 113 years, 62 days	Veneto
23 February 2012	2 April 2013 (1 year, 38 days)	Maria Redaelli	F	112 – 113	3 April 1899 – 2 April 2013 113 years, 364 days	Lombardy
2 April 2013	Present (3 years, 24 days)	Emma Morano[1]	F	113 – 116*	born 29 November 1899 age 116 years, 149 days	Living in Piedmont

People

Antonio Todde

Antonio Todde (22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002)^[12] was an Italian supercentenarian who, at the time of his death, was the oldest man in the world.^[13] Todde was born in the village of Tiana, in the province of Nuoro, Sardinia,^[14] an area noted for its centenarian density.^[15] Born to a poor shepherd family in the medieval center of Tiana, Todde was the third of 12 children. In 1920, he married Maria Antonia, then aged 25, and they had four daughters and a son. She died in 1990, aged 95.^[16] He left Sardinia only to fight in the First World War,^[13] where he was injured in the shoulder by a grenade.^[17] He died at age 112 years and 346 days on 3 January 2002.

Virginia Dighero

Virginia Dighero (married Zolezzi, 24 December 1891 – 28 December 2005)^[18] was an Italian supercentenarian.^[19] On 14 September 2005, she became the longest-lived person of Italian descent ever, having surpassed Amalia Ruggieri Barone, who was an emigrant to the United States.

At the time of her death, she was the oldest ever documented person from Italy at the age of 114 years, 4 days^[19] - a title she held for more than five years, until being surpassed by Venere Pizzinato on 28 November 2010. She was also the 7th-oldest living person in the world, at time of death, and the oldest verified living person in Europe.^[20]

Dighero-Zolezzi died of ischemia on 28 December 2005.^[19]

Venere Pizzinato

Venere Pizzinato on 23 November 2009

Venere Pizzinato (married Papo, 23 November 1896 – 2 August 2011)^[21] was an Italian supercentenarian^[1] who was the oldest verified person from Italy,^[22] living to the age of 114 years, 252 days. She was the world's third oldest living person, behind Besse Cooper and Chiyono Hasegawa. Pizzinato was also the oldest person ever to have been born in the Austrian-Hungarian empire. At the time of her death she was the oldest person ever from Italy, a title she held until 13 December 2011 when she was surpassed by Dina Manfredini.

She was born in Ala, Trentino, then part of the Austrian-Hungarian empire, on 23 November 1896. In 1902 the family moved to Verona, where they had relatives. In 1903, the family moved back to Trentino, where Pizzinato attended a boarding school in its capital city, Trento. World War I forced Pizzinato to take refuge in Bazzano, Bologna. After the war, she moved back to Milan where she took Italian citizenship and met her future husband Isidoro Papo. During the outbreak of World War II, in 1939, the couple moved to Nice, France, to escape the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. They married in France, and after the war, they moved back to Milan. Upon retirement in 1964, the couple moved to Verona, where they finally settled. Mr. Papo died in 1981. The couple never had any children. Pizzinato remained in Verona for the rest of her life; at the time of her death, she lived in a retirement home there.^[23][24][25]

On 23 November 2010, marking her 114th birthday, Pizzinato was visited by Italy's president, Giorgio Napolitano, who wrote her a letter with the words "In this happy and special occasion I would like to send, on behalf of all Italians, sincere congratulations and good wishes of serenity with her loved ones and people around the community Saint Catherine in Verona".^[26]

Stella Nardari

Stella Nardari (married Vecchiato, 23 December 1898 – 23 February 2012) was an Italian supercentenarian. Aged 113 years 62 days, she was the oldest person living in Italy since the death of Venere Pizzinato, on 2 August 2011, although Dina Manfredini was the oldest living Italian person in the world. She died ranked as the world's 10th oldest living person. after Nardari's death, Maria Redaelli became the oldest person living in Italy.

Nardari was born to Maddalena Polo and Giovanni Nardari, in San Cipriano, Veneto, Italy. She lived in Marcon and in Mestre. In recent years she lived in Roncade. She was married to Giovanni Vecchiato, who died in 1970. The couple had four children. Nardari enjoyed milk and coffee, chocolate, snacks and biscuits. She spent time on the veranda in the morning, preferring to rest in the afternoon.^[27]

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