SANCHEZ, François, called in Latin Sanctius,
was of Las Brocas in Spain, and has been dignified by
his own countrymen with the pompous titles of le Pere
de la Langue Latine, et le Docteur de tous les Gens de
lettres. He wrote, 1. An excellent treatise intitled
Mincerva, ou de Causis Linguae Latine, which was pub-
lished at Amsterdam in 1714, in 8vo. The authors of
the Port-Royal Methode de la Langue Latine have been
much indebted to this work. 2. The Art of Speaking,
and the Method of translating Authors. 3. Several
other learned pieces on grammar. He died in the
year 1600, in his 77th year.
We must be careful to distinguish him from another
François Sanchez, who died at Toulouse in 1632. This
last was a Portuguese physician who settled at Tou-
louse, and, though a Christian, was born of Jewish
parents. He is said to have been a man of genius and
a philosopher. His works have been collected under
the title of Opera Medica. His juncti sunt tractatus
quidam philosophici non insubtiles. They were printed
at Toulouse in 1636.