FORSTER, FROBENIUS. — Benedictine, born at Königfeld on 30 August 1709, died at Regensburg on 11 October 1791. In 1727 he entered the monastery of St. Emmeram at Regensburg, where, after being ordained a priest, he taught philosophy. He subsequently (1744–47) became a professor at the University of Salzburg. In 1762 he was elected prince-abbot of St. Emmeram.
In his monastery he promoted the study of the natural sciences and of Oriental languages; for their instruction he summoned the Maurist Father C. Lancelot. In various writings he dealt with the systems of Leibniz and Wolff. His principal work is the edition of the works of Alcuin (Regensburg 1777, reprinted in PL 100–101).
BIBL.: J. A. Endres, Die Korrespondenz der Mauriner mit den Emmeramern, Munich 1899; id., F. F., Fürstahl von St. Emmeram, Freiburg 1900.