Francesco Patrizi of Siena
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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.
He acted as governor of Foligno
Foligno
Foligno is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system...
, then in the Papal States
Papal States
The Papal State, State of the Church, or Pontifical States were among the major historical states of Italy from roughly the 6th century until the Italian peninsula was unified in 1861 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia .The Papal States comprised territories under...
, for several years from 1461. Pius II, who was a personal friend, appointed him bishop of Gaeta in the same year.
Works
- Epitome of QuintilianQuintilianMarcus Fabius Quintilianus was a Roman rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing...
- De regno et regis institutione libri IX, Parisiis, Galeotus a Prato, 1531
- De institutione reipublicae libri IX