Amparo is a

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word that means refuge or shelter (and in a broader sense, protection). Several places in the

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are named Amparo, some associated with Our Lady of the Refuge (Portiiirdr dr.: '' Nossa Senhora do Amparo'', Esp: '' Nuestra Señora del Amparo''). Sometimes spelled Ámparo (in Spanish).

Origin

On 24 February 1409, the Venerable

Joan Gilabert Jofré Joan Gilabert Jofré (1364–1417),Historia de la asistencia psiquiátrica: (origen y organización de los manicomios españoles). Mariano Górriz, 1936. 44: 244 also known as Padre Jofré or Pare Jofré, was a member of the Christian religious Or ...

of the Military Order of Our Lady of Mercy was en route to Valencia's Cathedral to deliver a

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sermon when he witnessed a mentally ill man being lynched. In response, his Order founded a hospice in 1410 with help from

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confreres for the

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under the invocation of ''Sancta dels Folls Doña Nostra i Desamparats Innocents'' (''Our Lady of the insane and the innocent''; sometimes translated as ''Our Lady of the forsaken''), whose goal was to help people with mental illness. It has been claimed that this was the first psychiatric hospital in the world. Due to the famine of the period and the high rate of orphans due to the plague, the streets were filled with orphans. The hospice was soon expanded to assist orphans and foundlings, many the result of the plague.Background on Father Jofré
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People with the name

Given name

* Amparo Acker-Palmer (born 1968), Spanish biologist * Amparo Alvajar (1916–1998), Spanish journalist, dramatist, and writer *

Amparo Arozamena Amparo Arozamena (August 24, 1916 – April 30, 2009) was a Mexican actress of film and television, best known for her character roles in the 1960s. During the same decade, she became most noted for her role of "Doña Chole" in the Telesistema ...

(1916–2009), Mexican actress * Amparo Arrebato (1944–2004), Colombian dancer *

Amparo Baró Amparo Baró San Martín MML (21 September 1937 – 29 January 2015) was a Spanish actress. She starting working in theatres with Adolfo Marsillach. She first garnered critical and popular acclaim for her role as "Sole" in ''7 Vidas''. Her ca ...

(1937–2015), Spanish actress * Amparo Cabanes Pecourt (born 1938), Spanish academic and politician * Amparo Caicedo (born 1965), Colombian sprinter * Amparo Cuevas (1931–2012), Spanish Roman Catholic seer * Amparo Custodio (1918–1993), Filipino comedian and actress *

Amparo Dávila Amparo Dávila (February 28, 1928 – April 18, 2020) was a Mexican writer best known for her short stories touching on the fantastic and the uncanny. She won the Xavier Villaurrutia Award, Xavier Villarrutia Award in 1977 for her short story ...

(born 1928), Mexican writer * Amparo Garcia-Crow, Mexican-American filmmaker *

Amparo Grisales Amparo Grisales de Tessarolo (born Amparo Grisales Patiño September 19, 1956) is a Colombian actress. Best known for her role as Lucrecia Rivas in '' The Mafia Dolls.'' Also starred in the 2007 Telemundo serial ''Madre Luna'' ("''Mother Moon''" ...

(born 1956), Colombian actress * Amparo Illana (1934–2001), wife of Spanish politician Adolfo Suárez *

Amparo Iturbi Amparo Iturbi Báguena (12 March 1898 – 22 April 1969) was a Spanish pianist. Early career Amparo Iturbi Báguena was born in Valencia, Spain, one of four children of Ricardo Iturbi (a piano tuner) and Teresa (Baguena) Iturbi. The younger ...

(1898–1969), Spanish concert pianist *

Amparo Lim Amparo "Weena" Lim (born 9 September 1969) is a Filipino badminton player who competed in the women's singles at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Early life Amparo Lim was born on 9 September 1969, one of five children to Jose "Dondo" V. Lim III and Re ...

(born 1969), Filipino badminton player *

Amparo Llanos Amparo Llanos Fayos (born 27 May 1965) is a Spanish musician, guitarist and songwriter. She was the leader, along with her sister Cristina, of the Spanish rock band Dover. Biography Before the foundation of the band, she worked in the shop of ...

(born 1965), Spanish musician *

Amparo Menendez-Carrion Amparo Menéndez-Carrión (born 1949 in Dolores, Soriano, Uruguay and naturalized Ecuadorean) is an author and a scholar specialized in comparative politics and Latin American studies. She received her BA in Political Science at the University of M ...

(born 1949), Uruguayan-Ecuadorian academic * Amparo Montes (1920–2002), Mexican singer * Amparo Moraleda Martínez (born 1964), Spanish business executive *

Amparo Muñoz Amparo Muñoz Quesada (Vélez-Málaga, 21 June 1954 – Málaga, 27 February 2011) was a Spanish actress, model and beauty queen who won the Miss Universe 1974 competition in Manila, Philippines, being the first and only Spaniard titleholder in ...

(1954–2011), Spanish actress *

Amparo Noguera María Amparo Noguera Portales (born March 6, 1965), is a Chilean television, theatre and film actress. Amparo is the daughter of the actor Héctor Noguera Illanes and Isidora Portales. Her grandfather, Héctor Noguera Prieto was descendant of ...

born 1965), Chilean television and film actress *

Amparo Ochoa María Amparo Ochoa Castaños, (29 September 1946 in Culiacán – 8 February 1994) better known as Amparo Ochoa, was a Mexican singer-songwriter. She was one of several other Mexican artists who emerged in the 1960s belonging to the movement know ...

(1946–1994), Mexican singer-songwriter * Ámparo Otero Pappo (1896–1987), Cuban milliner honored as Righteous Among the Nations *

Amparo Pacheco Amparo Pacheco (30 November 1924 - 27 April 2017) was a Spanish actress. Life and career She was born on 30 November 1924. In 2002, at his 77, she appeared in the TV series ''Cuéntame cómo pasó''. She died on 27 April 2017 at aged 92. She w ...

(1924–2017), Spanish actress *

Amparo Poch y Gascón Amparo Poch y Gascón (15 October 1902 – 15 April 1968) was a Spanish anarchist, pacifist, doctor, and activist in the years leading up to and during the Spanish Civil War. Poch y Gascón was born in Zaragoza.Lola Campos, ''Mujeres aragones ...

(1902–1968), Spanish anarchist *

Amparo Rivelles María Amparo Rivelles Ladrón de Guevara Medal of Merit in Labour, MML (11 February 1925 – 7 November 2013), better known as Amparo Rivelles, was a Spanish Actor, actress. She was the daughter of actor Rafael Rivelles and actress María Ferna ...

(1925–2013), Spanish actress * Amparo Rubiales (born 1945), Spanish politician * Amparo Rubín (born 1955), Mexican singer *

Amparo Sánchez Amparanoia is the pseudonym of Spanish singer/guitarist Amparo Sánchez combining her first name with the word 'paranoia'. It was also the name of the band she fronted from 1996 to 2006. Debut album, ''El Poder de Machín'', has been described a ...

, Spanish musician *

Amparo Soler Leal Amparo Soler Leal (23 August 1933 – 25 October 2013) was a Spanish film actress. She was married to Adolfo Marsillach from 1954 to 1956, and to film producer Alfredo Matas from 1969 until his death in 1996. She worked often with Luis García ...

(1933–2013), Spanish actress * Amparo Valle (1939–2016), Spanish actress

Surname

Ely do Amparo Ely do Amparo, commonly known as just Ely (May 14, 1921 – March 9, 1991), was a Brazilian football central defender, who played in two World Cups. Career Ely do Amparo started his career with América, in 1939. He joined Canto do Rio in ...

(1921–1991), Brazilian footballer *

Kristin Amparo Kristin Viktoria Amparo Sundberg (born 1 December 1983) is a Swedish singer. She attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. She participated in season 1 of the Swedish ''X Factor'' in 2012, which was broadcast on TV4, where she made it t ...

(born 1983), Swedish singer

References

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* http://www.actaspsiquiatria.es/repositorio/9/49/ESP/9-49-ESP-1-9-857704.pdf Portuguese feminine given names Spanish feminine given names Feminine given names