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| Lucia Lauria Vigna | |
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| Born | (1896-03-04) 4 March 1896 (age 128) Pietrapertosa, Basilicata, Italy, Italy |
| Died | 28-06-2009 Pietrapertosa, Basilicata, Italy, Italy |
| Known for | Oldest living person in Italy |
Lucia Lauria Vigna (4 March 1896 – 28 June 2009) was an Italian supercentenarian who, at the age of 113 years and 116 days, was the oldest person in Europe and 9th-oldest person in the world. She was the second-oldest in the European Union as French national Eugénie Blanchard is older, but lives in Saint Barthélemy, an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean.
Lucia Vigna (née Lauria) lived in Pietrapertosa, Potenza in her own home with her family. She became the oldest person in Italy on 13 January 2007, following the death of Maria Negri. On 13 January 2009, she celebrated her second anniversary as Italy's oldest person. She died in her native Pietrapertosa on 28 June 2009.
She is the fourth-oldest Italian-born person on record to date, after Virginia Dighero, Amalia Barone and Teresa Fumarola.
Family
It is not clear when Lucia Lauria married. She had 3 children, two sons, one of whom emigrated to the USA, and another who died as well as a daughter who was 83 at the time of her mother's death. Lauria lived with her daughter and her daughter's family since she was 80.
See also
| Preceded byManuela Fernandez-Fojaco | Oldest person living in Europe 6 January 2009 – 28 June 2009 |
Succeeded byFlorrie Baldwin |
| Preceded byMaria Negri | Doyenne of Italy 13 January 2007 – 28 June 2009 |
Succeeded byIda Frabboni |
References
- Template:It Article about Lucia Lauria Vigna
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- Template:It icon News on Lucia Lauria's 113th birthday (ANSA press agency)
- Validated Living Supercentenarians