Frowin of Engleberg

Frowin of Engleberg (, died 27 March 1178 He was the second abbot of the Monastery of Engelberg in present-day Switzerland Title Page of St. Gregory's "Moralia"- Job Visited by His Three Friends; attributed to Frowin (Cleveland Museum of Art)

Life

Of the early life of Frowin nothing is known, save that he is claimed as a monk of their community by the historians of Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland and Saint Blaise Abbey, Black Forest. He is first mentioned as a monk of St. Blaise Abbey, and it is assumed that he succeeded Adelhelm as the Abbot of the monastery of Engelberg. As the abbey was seen in danger, he ordered the ecclesiastical buildings to be surrounded by a wall also requested and received the monastery independency to elect its abbot. which included both a monastery for monks and one for nuns called the St.Andreas monastery. One of the volumes of the bible of three volumes of Frowin, is deposited in the Abbey library of St.Gallen, Switzerland. The Bible is written on parchment. He also wrote one of the first Latin-German dictionaries.

Veneration

Pétin ("Dictionnaire Hagiographique" I, iiii) gives 7 March as his feast day, and credits him with many miracles.