FRANCOIS, 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 Minerva, or de Caufis Linguae Latinae, which was published 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 1660, in his 77th year.

We must be careful to distinguish him from another Francois Sanchez, who died at Toulouse in 1632. This last was a Portuguese physician who settled at Toulouse, 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 junkti sunt tralatus quidam philosophici non infustiles. They were printed at Toulouse in 1636.