Falls during the Franciscan journey: Flavia Franzoni, wife of Romano Prodi, died. "Enormous Pain"

Flavia Franzoni, wife of former Prime Minister Romano Prodi, died suddenly . He was 76 years old.

«With great sorrow, President Romano Prodi, together with his sons Giorgio, Antonio and his entire family, announces that today, suddenly, his wife, Flavia Franzoni, passed away », reads a note from the press office of the former leader of the centre-left, the only one who can boast of having defeated Silvio Berlusconi twice in the political elections.

The woman died while traveling with her husband and some friends, including former minister Arturo Parisi, on a Franciscan path in Umbria . They were walking, yesterday evening they had slept in Gubbio and today they were in the direction of Assisi. Flavia Prodi fell suddenly, perhaps due to illness .

Among the first to comment on the news was Pier Ferdinando Casini : «Astonished to learn of Flavia's disappearance, I cling to Romano Prodi and his children in this moment of great grief. She was certainly a special woman who will leave an immense void; I think in these hours how much Romano and Flavia have been an exemplary couple united in all moments of their lives ».

"Deep condolences" were also expressed by the head of state Sergio Mattarella, while the premier Giorgia Meloni expressed "the deepest closeness" to the former leader of the Olive Tree.

Messages to Romano Prodi and his family also came from Elly Schlein, Pierluigi Bersani, Carlo Calenda, Paolo Gentiloni, Lorenzo Fontana, Matteo Salvini, Luca Zaia, Matteo Renzi.

(Unioneonline/L)