Francesco Patrizi of Siena

This page is not about the Servite, Blessed Francesco Patrizi of Siena (1275-1328), nor about Francesco Patrizi of Cherso

Francesco Patrizi of Siena (Franciscus Patricius Senensis) (1413–1494) was an Italian political writer, humanist and bishop.

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.