Francesco Patrizi of Siena
Italian bishop (1413-1494)
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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.
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- Epitome of Quintilian
- De regno et regis institutione libri IX, Parisiis, Galeotus a Prato, 1531
- De institutione reipublicae libri IX