Lucia Lauria Vigna

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 Eugenie Blanchard is older, but lives in Saint Barthélemy, an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean.

Lucia Vigna (neé 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 or how many children she may have had by her late husband, who was apparently surnamed Vigna.

See also

• List of Italian supercentenarians
• List of European supercentenarians

References

• Article about Lucia Lauria Vigna (in Italian) [1]
• Another article (in Italian) [2]
• News on Lucia Lauria's 113th birthday (ANSA press agency) Template:It icon
• Validated Living Supercentenarians