Name Ambrosius Schupp | Role Author | |
Ambrosius Schupp also Ambrósio Schupp or Ambros Schupp (his full original German name still needs to be added here) (1840–1914) was a German-Brazilian Catholic priest, educator and author.
Schupp was born at Montabaur. As a highly educated German immigrant to Brazil, amongst his priestly activities, he authored many books, like:
His book about the Muckers has proven to be a particularly interesting document not only because it does convey a lot of information about the event and the main characters who played a crucial role in it, but also since it tells, perhaps even more about the pervasive attitude of his time and the local social context towards non-conforming minority religious thinking and practices.
Schupp was fluent in many languages: High German, Latin, Spanish, and the Low Franconian German vernaculars most prominently utilized in the German-speaking regions of Southern Brazil. He died in Porto Alegre.