| Romana Marques | |
 Marques on her 110th birthday in 2018. | |
| Birth: | 22 July 1908 Batalha, Leiria District, Portugal |
| Death: | 15 June 2019 Marrazes, Leiria District, Portugal |
| Age: | 110 years, 328 days |
| Country: |  POR
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| Validated | |
Romana de Sousa Marques (22 July 1908 – 15 June 2019) was a Portuguese supercentenarian whose age has been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of death, she was the oldest known living person from Portugal.
Biography[]
Marques was born in Faniqueira, Batalha, Leiria District, Portugal on 22 July 1908. She allegedly witnessed the Miracle of the Sun on 13 October 1917. Her son, Nuno Alvares Pereira, died during the Portuguese Colonial War in 1974. In 1998, she moved to the nursing home of "Lar Emanuel" in Leiria. At the end of her life, Marques lived in Gandara dos Olivais, Leiria.
She became the oldest known living person from Portugal, following the death of 111-year-old Joaquina Martins on 14 October 2018.
Marques died in Marrazes, Leiria, Portugal on 15 June 2019 at the age of 110 years, 328 days.
Gallery[]
References[]
- Retrato de uma senhora, aos 103 anos de idade Região de Leiria, 22 July 2011 (page 9)
- Testemunha do Milagre do Sol A Nossa Mãe, 7 September 2012
- Benemérita dos bombeiros comemorou 107º aniversário Jornal da Batalha, August 2015 (page 17)
- Leiria: Romana Marques celebrou 110 anos e os parabéns vieram até de Marcelo Diário de Leiria, 23 July 2018
- Benemérita da Faniqueira completou o 110º aniversário Jornal da Batalha, 6 August 2018
- A vida depois dos 100 anos. Há um lar em Leiria que é a casa de três centenários Diário de Notícias, 10 May 2019
- Romana Sousa Marques Região de Leiria, 27 June 2019 (Archived)
| Portugal's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Maria da Conceicao Silva • Unknown • Maria Alves de Jesus • Unknown • Maria Pereira • Unknown • Custodia Jacinto • Unknown • Mariana Chiromo • Unknown • Elvira de Jesus Caldeira • Jose Ferreira Andrade • Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes • Maria de Jesus • Augusto Moreira de Oliveira • Antonio de Castro • Maria Luiza Nunes da Silva • Carmelina Augusta Delgado • Maria Dolores Ferreira • Laurinda da Conceicao • Maria da Conceicao • Joaquina Martins • Romana Marques • Maria da Encarnacao Sousa • Isabel Gomes Sarmento • Inacia Carmelino • Maria da Conceicao Brito |