Louis Frolla

Louis Frolla was a clergyman and writer in Monégasque, the national language of the Principality of Monaco.

Lexicographical writings

He was notably the author of a Monégasque Grammar through the medium of French and a Monégasque-French Dictionary. These works were much later reissued by the Comité National des Traditions Monégasques
A French-Monégasque Dictionary, by Louis Barral and Suzanne Simone, complementing Frolla's edition, was issued in 1983.

Legacy

Frolla was thus one of the writers who significantly contributed to a renaissance of the language — particularly patronized by the late Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. In the 20th century, Monégasque had been threatened with extinction.

Other writings

Frolla was also the author of a work on the history of philosophy.