Michel Riccio

Michel Riccio (1445–1515)[1] 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.

Michel Riccio
Portrait of Michel Riccio by Jacques Cundier
Born1445
Died1515
OccupationPublic official

Biography

Early life

Michel Riccio was born in 1445 in Naples, Italy.[2][3][4]

Career

He started his career as a lawyer under Ferdinand I of Naples (1423–1494).[2] He moved to France under the reign of King Charles VIII of France (1470–1498), for whom he served as an Advisor.[2][4] In 1495, he served in the Parliament of Dijon, also known as the Parliament of Bourgogne.[5][6] In 1498, King Louis XII of France (1462–1515) appointed him Senator of Milan.[2]

From 1501 to 1502, he served as the first President of the Parliament of Aix-en-Provence.[2][3][7][8][9][10] 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.[11]

As a historian, he wrote volumes about the Italian Wars and the dynastic rulers of the Kingdom of Naples.[5]

Death

He died in 1515.[5] 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.[12][13] Naples. A commemorative epigraph is still visible on the funeral monument.[14]

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

References
  1. 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.
  2. Jean Scholastique Pitton, Histoire de la ville d'Aix, capitale de la Provence, Jusques en l'annee 1665, David, Charles, 1666, p. 524
  3. 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
  4. Fleury Vindry, Les parlementaires français au XVIe siècle: Parlements d'Aix, Grenoble, Dijon, Chambéry, Dombes, H. Champion, 1909, p. 19,
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. François de Mézeray, Histoire de France depuis Faramond iusqu'à maintenant, Gvillemont, 1646, p. 1233
  8. Jean-Pierre Papon, Histoire générale de Provence, Moutard, 1786, p. 22
  9. Augustin Fabre, Histoire de Provence, Feissat, 1834, p. 118
  10. Prosper Cabasse, Essais historiques sur le parlement de Provence: depuis son origine jusqu'à sa suppression, 1501 – 1790, Pihan Delaforest, 1826, Volume 1, p. 20
  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. Gianluigi Guiotto, “Napoli: guida storico-artistica”, Lecce: Capone 2009.
  14. “MICHAELI RICCIO CIVILIS – PONTIFICIIQ. JURIS CONSULTIS. – IN ITALIA ET GALLIA AMPLIS. – HONORIBUS FUNCTO – JO. SEBASTIANUS PATRI B. M. AN. MDXV.”
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