Aldenbruck, Augustin

Aldenbruck, Augustin, a German archaeologist and Jesuit, lived in the first half of the 18th century. He engaged in interesting researches upon the monuments, the religion, the coins, the customs and ceremonies of the Ubians, an ancient people of Germany, and published the result of his labors in a work entitled De Religione Antiquorum Ubiorum Dissertatio Historico-mythologica; another edition was published at Cologne by Henry Noethen in 1749. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.