Saint Maurice
Saint Maurice was a Christian soldier born in Thebes, Egypt and was the leader of the legendary Roman Theban Legion in the 3rd century BC. He is one of the most widely venerated saints of that group.
Maurice is especially venerated in the Teutonic (German speaking) countries of Germany, Austria and Switzerland where several towns are named after him (St. Moritz). He is immortalised with a statue at the Magdeburg Cathedral in Germany.
Anton Wilhelm Amo or Anthony William Amo (c. 1703 – c. 1759) was an African philosopher from what is now Ghana. He was a teacher at the universities of Halle and Jena in Germany
Jacobus Elisa Johannes Capitein (c1717-1747) was a Christian minister of Ghanaian birth who was one of the first known sub-Saharan Africans to study at a European university.
Ignatius Christianus Fridericus Fortuna (died 24 November 1789) was a servant prominent in the court of Countess Palatine Francisca Christina of Sulzbach, in Essen, Germany. He became a weathy man and he even lent out some of his money to locals.
Angelo Soliman (born Mmadi Make c. 1721, probably in present-day northeastern Nigeria/northern Cameroon) achieved prominence in the Viennese society and was a high ranking Freemason. He died in November 21, 1796, in Vienna.
Josef Mambo (born in 1885 in Tanga, East Africa) came to Germany as a child and served as the kettle drummer in the 3rd Prussian Horse Grenadiers (“Grenadier Regiment zu Pferde ‘Freiherr von Derfflinger’ Nr. 3”).
During the First World War he was promoted through the ranks to Sergeant and was twice wounded, once in Russia and once at Verdun.
August Sabac el Cher was born in Nubia, Sudan and grew to be embraced as a German. He was a soldier in the service of Prince Albrecht of Prussia (present day Germany)
His story has been featured in books, films and in events, including a posthumous tribute that took place in 2006.
Gustav Sabac El Cher was a respected soldier and an imperial band mast. He was the son of August Sabac el Cher.
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