Lucia Lauria | |
Birth: | 4 March 1896 Pietrapertosa, Basilicata, Italy |
Death: | 28 June 2009 Pietrapertosa, Basilicata, Italy |
Age: | 113 years, 116 days |
Country: | ITA |
Validated |
Lucia Lauria (4 March 1896 – 28 June 2009) was a validated Italian supercentenarian, who was the oldest person in Italy since the death of the 111-year-old Maria Negri on 13 January 2007, and the oldest in Europe since the death of the 113-year-old Manuela Fernandez-Fojaco on 6 January 2009.
Biography[]
Lucia Lauria was born in Pietrapertosa, Basilicata, Italy on 4 March 1896. She had one daughter. Lauria never had serious health problems throughout her life, except from a gall bladder operation in 1953.
Lauria died in the same city where she was born on 28 June 2009 at the age of 113 years, 116 days.
References[]
- E' morta a 113 anni Nonna Lucia, la persona più vecchia d'Europa La Repubblica.it, 28 June 2009
- Morta nel Potentino nonna più vecchia d'Europa aveva più di 113 anni La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, 28 June 2009
- Supercentenari in Italia Supercentenari d'Italia