'François de Bar' (
1538 -
March 25,
1606) was a
French scholar.
He was born at
Seizencourt, near
Saint-Quentin, and having studied at the
University of Paris entered the
Order of Saint 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.
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