Reginald Foster (Latinist)
Reginald Foster O.C.D. (born November 14, 1939 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American Catholic priest and friar of the order of Discalced Carmelites. He formerly worked in the "Latin Letters" section of the Secretariat of State in the Vatican. This section is the successor to the historical Briefs to Princes. Father Foster became one of the Pope's Latinists in the late 1960s. After spending many years in Rome, he returned to Milwaukee in 2009.
Foster is an expert in Latin literature, especially Cicero, and is an internationally recognized authority on the Latin language.
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