Francesco Patrizi of Siena
Francesco Patrizi of Siena (Franciscus Patricius Senensis) (1413–1494) was an Italian political writer, humanist and bishop.
- This page is not about the Servite, Blessed Francesco Patrizi of Siena (1275-1328), nor about Francesco Patrizi of Cherso
He acted as governor of Foligno, then in the Papal States, for several years from 1461. Pius II, who was a personal friend, appointed him bishop of Gaeta in the same year.
Works
- Epitome of Quintilian
- De regno et regis institutione libri IX, Parisiis, Galeotus a Prato, 1531
- De institutione reipublicae libri IX
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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