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Francesco Patrizi (Servite)

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Portrait of Patrizi in Santa Maria dei Servi. From the Sienese school.

Francesco Patrizi (1263–1328) was a prominent early member of the Servite Order.[1] Born in 1263 in Siena, he was the son of Enrico (Arrighetto) Patrizi and Raynalda.[2] He was inspired by a sermon of Ambrose of Siena to join the Servites.[3] After the death of his mother in 1285, he was accepted into the order by Philip Benizi.[2] He was renowned as a peacemaker.[3] He died on 12 or 26 May 1328 in Siena.[2] He was beatified in 1743 by Pope Benedict XIV.[1] His feast day is 26 May in the Roman Martyrology.[3] The famous 15th-century humanist philosopher Francesco Patrizi was a relative.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c James Hankins, Political Meritocracy in Renaissance Italy: The Virtuous Republic of Francesco Patrizi of Siena (Harvard University Press, 2023), p. 350.
  2. ^ a b c Pérégrin Marie Soulier, Vie de Saint Philippe Bénizi, cinquième général de l'ordre des Servites de Marie (Nancy, 1913), pp. 456ff, 467.
  3. ^ a b c Basil Watkins, The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary, 8th ed. (Bloomsbury, 2016), p. 260.