Baert (Baertius), Franyois

Baert (Baertius), Franyois a Flemish Jesuit, was born in 1651 at Ypres. He visited the libraries of Germany, especially those of Prague and Vienna, in order to search the documents pertaining to ecclesiastical history. He died Oct. 27,1719, He assisted P. Papebroch in the translation of the Acta Sanctorum, and published a Commentary on the Life of St. Basil the Great, See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.