Enrico Zuppi

Enrico Zuppi (Rome, 10 July 1909 – Rome, 18 December 1992) was an Italian photographer and journalist, and father of Cardinal Matteo Zuppi.

Life and career

Enrico Zuppi was born on 10 July 1909 in Rome, son of Raffaele Zuppi, and Maddalena Stirpe. He had one younger brother, Vittorio (died young), and an elder sister, Rosa 'Rosina'. At a young age, he attended the Basilica of Sant'Eustachio. He belonged to the Italian Catholic Federation of University Students, where he met Giovanni Battista Montini, the future Pope Paul VI. Over 20,000 of his images were donated by his family to the Luigi Sturzo institute, and are conserved in the 'Fondo Enrico Zuppi'. Zuppi modernised the newspaper, and when he went into retirement in 1979, the newspaper was reduced to 8 pages, before ceasing publications in 2007.

Zuppi died in Rome on 18 December 1992, aged 83.