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25/03/2026 2:53 pm
CLELIA VALENTINA DOS SANTOS, A RESIDENT OF RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL, TURNS 111
Clelia Valentina dos Santos, a resident of Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, celebrated her 111th birthday yesterday.
Clelia Valentina dos Santos was born in Rio de Janeiro on 24 March 1915, to an Italian immigrant father and a Brazilian mother. During the 1930s and 1940s, her immediate family was profoundly affected by pulmonary tuberculosis, which resulted in the deaths of her mother and all of her siblings. By the time of her father’s death in the 1940s, only one sibling remained alive; this sibling died shortly thereafter, leaving her without any surviving members of her immediate family.
In 1942, she married Ary dos Santos (11 June 1912 – 4 March 2002), with whom she had three children.
LongeviQuest extends warm congratulations to Clelia Valentina dos Santos on her 111th birthday.
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25/03/2026 3:59 pm
Feliz aniversário, Sra. Clelia Valentina dos Santos! 🌻
When the young commander of the guard declared his love for her, she rejected him simply because his frivolity startled her. "See how simple he is," she told Amaranta. "He says that he’s dying because of me, as if I were a bad case of colic."
-One Hundred Years of Solitude
