The centenarian passed away after a bout of bronchitis.
The news was announced by his granddaughter, Roselena Nigro.
“Our grandfather was our pillar,” she said.
“His immense and passionate life encouraged and comforted us.”
Italian daily La Repubblica described Venturi as a “passionate collector of hats and carved owls”.
Born on April 13, 1912, two days before the Titanic sank, Venturi grew up in Marzabotto in the northern region of Emilia-Romagna, and lived in Bologna.
He was one of the last Italians to have lived through two world wars and two pandemics: COVID-19 and the Spanish flu.
Throughout his life, he worked as a farmer, bricklayer and gardener.
His wife sadly passed away many years ago, at the age of 56.
In recent years, he lived in an apartment with his 85-year-old daughter, Rosanna.
Venturi was preceded as the oldest man in Italy by Piedmont native Gaudenzio “Nini” Nobili, who passed away on November 14, at the age of 109 years and 293 days.
The oldest woman in Italy is 112-year-old Ida Zoccarato, who was born on May 24, 1909, in Padua, where she still resides today.
The longest-living Italian man on record is Sardinian Antonio Todde, who was born in 1889 and died in 2002 at the age of 112 years and 346 days.
