| 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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| Unvalidated | |
Romana de Sousa Marques (22 July 1908 – 15 June 2019) was a Portuguese supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated 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.
Marques died in Marrazes, Leiria, Portugal on 15 June 2019 at the age of 110 years, 328 days.
Gallery
References
- Leiria: Romana Marques celebrou 110 anos e os parabéns vieram até de Marcelo
- Testemunha do Milagre do Sol
- BATTLE JOURNAL EDITION AUGUST 2015
- Benemérita da Faniqueira completou o 110º aniversário
- Romana Sousa Marques Região de Leiria, June 2019
- A vida depois dos 100 anos. Há um lar em Leiria que é a casa de três centenários DN
- JORNAL DA BATALHA EDIÇÃO AGOSTO 2015 by Jornal Batalha
| Portugal's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Maria da Conceicao Silva • (Unknown) • Maria Alves de Jesus • (Unknown) • Antonio de Almeida • (Unknown) • Maria Pereira • (Unknown) • Custodia Jacinto • Rosa Cadete • (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 • Maria Felicia Bento • Maria do Carmo Fernandes • Maria Dolores Ferreira • Suzana Correa Conceicao Silva • Benvinda Marques Matias • Joaquina Martins • Romana Marques • Maria da Encarnacao Sousa • Isabel Gomes Sarmento |
