Church full of colleagues, students, common people and repeated applause even at the exit of the coffin to greet in his Host, Luca Serianni, the professor of Italian linguistics at Sapienza who died last Thursday. The professor was hit on Monday 18 and for three long days he remained in a coma due to the very serious injuries sustained in the accident that took place in Ostia, near the academician’s house, while crossing the pedestrian crossing between via dei Velieri and via Isole del Capo. Green. There funeral mass was held at the church of Santa Maria Regina Pacis.
There were journalists and authorities over hundreds of ordinary people, to whom the famous linguist had become familiar also due to frequent television appearances. Yesterday the funeral parlor was held in Aula 1 of the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of his university, La Sapienza, where he had held his leave from teaching 4 years ago. Yesterday many had already paid tribute to the coffin, including the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, the Minister of Education Patrizio Bianchi, the Mayor of Rome Roberto Gualtieri, colleagues and students.