Francesco Patrizi of Siena (Franciscus Patricius Senensis) (1413–1494) was an Italian political writer, humanist and bishop.
He acted as governor of
Foligno
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, then in the
Papal States
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, for several years from 1461.
Pius II, who was a personal friend, appointed him
bishop of Gaeta
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in the same year.
Works
*Epitome of
Quintilian
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*''De regno et regis institutione'', Parisiis, Galeotus a Prato, 1531
*''De institutione reipublicae''
Bibliography
*G. Chiarelli, ''Il “De Regno” di Francesco Patrizi'', Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia del Diritto, XII (1932), pp. 716–38;
*F. Battaglia, ''Enea Silvio Piccolomini e Francesco Patrizi'', Siena, 1936;
*G. M. Cappelli, ''Ad actionem secundum virtutem tendit. Vita activa e vita contemplativa nel pensiero umanistico'', in F. Lisi (ed.), The Ways of Life in Classical political Philosophy, Sankt Augustin, Academia Verlag, 2004, pp. 203–30
*M. S. Sapegno, ''Il trattato politico e utopico'', in Letteratura italiana, dir. A. Asor Rosa, III/2. Le forme del testo: La prosa, Torino, Einaudi, 1984, p. 969-70.
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1413 births
1494 deaths
Italian male writers
Bishops of Gaeta
15th-century Italian Roman Catholic bishops