Michel Riccio (1445–1515)Collegio Araldico, "Il Libro della Nobiltà Italiana" - Rome 1937 (s. Family Rizzo - page 895): Michele Riccio born at Castellammare di Stabia - Naples, died in Paris - 1515. was an Italian-born French lawyer, public official and historian. He was known in Italian also as Michele Riccio / Rizzo or Ricci, in Latin Michael Ritius, and in the French form Michel de Ris or de Rys.
Biography Early life Michel Riccio was born in 1445 in Naples, Italy.Jean Scholastique Pitton, Histoire de la ville d'Aix, capitale de la Provence, Jusques en l'annee 1665, David, Charles, 1666, p. 524 Marc Antoine René de Voyer Argenson, Contaht d'Orville André Guillaume, Mélanges tirés d'une grade bibliothèque ...: De la lecture des livren françois, Moutard, 1783, p. 125 Fleury Vindry, Les parlementaires français au XVIe siècle: Parlements d'Aix, Grenoble, Dijon, Chambéry, Dombes, H. Champion, 1909, p. 19,
Career He started his career as a lawyer under Ferdinand I of Naples (1423–1494). He moved to France under the reign of King Charles VIII of France (1470–1498), for whom he served as an Advisor. In 1495, he served in the Parliament of Dijon, also known as the Parliament of Bourgogne.Jacques Le Long, Charles M. Fevret de Fontette, Bibliothèque Historique De La France: Contenant Le Catalogue des Ouvrages, imprimés & manuscrits, qui traitent de l'Histoire de ce Royaume, ou qui y ont rapport : Avec Des Notes Critiques Et Historiques, Herissant, 1769, Volume 2, p. 47 Élisabeth François de Lacuisine, Le parlement de Bourgogne depuis son origine jusqu'à sa chute; précédé d'un discours préliminaire sur la ville de Dijon, 1857, p. ccxi In 1498, King Louis XII of France (1462–1515) appointed him Senator of Milan.
From 1501 to 1502, he served as the first President of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence.François de Mézeray, Histoire de France depuis Faramond iusqu'à maintenant, Gvillemont, 1646, p. 1233 Jean-Pierre Papon, Histoire générale de Provence, Moutard, 1786, p. 22 Augustin Fabre, Histoire de Provence, Feissat, 1834, p. 118Prosper Cabasse, Essais historiques sur le parlement de Provence: depuis son origine jusqu'à sa suppression, 1501 – 1790, Pihan Delaforest, 1826, Volume 1, p. 20 However, he was soon replaced by Antoine Mulet.
In 1505, Pope Julius II (1443–1513) sent him on a mission in Rome. The following year, in 1506, King Louis XII sent him to Genoa to put an end to a local revolt, to no avail.Louis de Mailly, Histoire de la république de Gênes, depuis l'an 464 de la fondation de Rome jusqu'à présent, D. Du Puis, 1697, p. 26
As a historian, he wrote volumes about the Italian Wars and the dynastic rulers of the Kingdom of Naples.
Death He died in 1515. The ashes of the historian are kept in the funeral chapel of the family Riccio / Rizzo / Ritius in the basilica of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples.De Lellis Carlo, Auctoris Vita a Carolo De Lellis … conscripta in De regibus Hispaniae, Hierusalem, Galliae, vtriusque Siciliae, & Vngariae, historia, auctore Michaele Riccio - Neapoli: ex regia typographia Egidij Longhi, 1645.Gianluigi Guiotto, “Napoli: guida storico-artistica”, Lecce: Capone 2009. Naples. A commemorative epigraph is still visible on the funeral monument.“MICHAELI RICCIO CIVILIS – PONTIFICIIQ. JURIS CONSULTIS. – IN ITALIA ET GALLIA AMPLIS. – HONORIBUS FUNCTO – JO. SEBASTIANUS PATRI B. M. AN. MDXV.”
Bibliography Historia profectionis Caroli VIII (1496) Traité du devoir des gens de guerre et de leurs privilèges (1505) Defensoria oratio pro Ludovico XII (1506) De regibus Francorum libri III De regibus Hispaniæ libri III De regibus Hierosolymorum liber I De regibus Neapolis et Siciliæ libri IV De regibus Ungariæ libri II
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