Pelágio Sauter was a German Redemptorist priest who dedicated his life to missionary work in Brazil. Born in 1878 in Hausen am Tann, he joined the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer and was ordained in 1907. Moving to Brazil in 1909, he spent the rest of his life serving the local population, often traveling to remote villages on horseback. He became widely known for his devotion to the impoverished and the sick, eventually dying from pneumonia contracted while visiting an ailing person.