Virginia Dighero
Virginia Dighero (married Zolezzi, 24 December 1891 – 28 December 2005)[1] was an Italian supercentenarian.[2] On 14 September 2005, she became the longest-lived person of Italian descent ever, having surpassed Amalia Ruggieri Barone, who was an emigrant to the United States. Dighero-Zolezzi died of ischaemia on 28 December 2005.[2]
Dighero became the oldest living person in Europe on 30 August 2005 following the death of Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper of the Netherlands.
At the time of her death, she was the oldest ever documented person from Italy at the age of 114 years, 4 days[2] - a title she held for more than five years, until being surpassed by Venere Pizzinato on 28 November 2010.[3]
Virginia Dighero Media
Emma Morano (1899–2017) is the oldest Italian ever recorded and was the oldest person in the world for about a year. Pictured in 1930, aged 30–31.
Venere Pizzinato on her 113th birthday in 2009
References
- ↑ Genova, è morta la nonnina d'Europa: aveva 114 anni, Il Piave, 29 December 2005. Archived 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 19 December 2011. (in Italian)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Genova: morta a 114 anni l'italiana più longeva di tutti i tempi - myTAG". Mytag.it. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
- ↑ "Tgcom - Articolo Tgcom". Tgcom.mediaset.it. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2012.