Meet Italy's oldest student, surviving WW2 and a pandemic to graduate at 96

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At 96, Giuseppe Paterno has faced many tests in life. Now he has sailed through an exam that makes him Italy's oldest university graduate

Philosophy books belonging to Paterno stand on a shelf at his home.

"I said, 'that's it, now or never,' and so in 2017, I decided to enrol," he told Reuters in his apartment in the Sicilian city of Palermo, which he rarely leaves nowadays due to his frailty."I understood that it was a little late to get a three-year degree but I said to myself 'let's see if I can do it'."

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