Francois de Bar (
1538—
1606),
French scholar, was born at
Seizencourt[?], near
St. Quentin[?], and having studied at the
university of Paris entered the
order of St. Benedict[?]. He soon became prior of the
abbey of Anchin[?], near
Pecquencourt[?], and passed much of his time in the valuable library of the abbey, studying ecclesiastical history, especially that of
Flanders. He also made a catalogue of the manuscripts at
Anchin[?] and annotated many of them. During the
French Revolution his manuscripts passed to the library at
Douai. Bar died at Anchin on the 25th of March
1606.