Francois de Bar

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.