Stefano Patrizi (1715-1797)
Stefano Patrizi (30 September 1715 - 27 October 1797) was an Italian jurist and scholar.
Biography[edit]
He was born in Cariati in Calabria. As a young man, he moved to Naples and was educated under Nicola Fraggianni and the abbot Genovesi. Trained in law, he was appointed as judge of the Vicaria Civile in 1761. A defender of Royal privileges, he was patronized by King Charles Bourbon and his minister Bernardo Tanucci. He then gained appointment as consiglieri nel sacro consiglio and capo-ruota della Real Camera di Santa Chiara. He was appointed professor of law at the University of Naples. In 1770, he published volume 1 of Consultazione, along with the theologian Giovanni Andrea Serao as editor. In 1781, Patrizi was granted a hereditary title of Marchese. In 1789, he was appointed vice-president of the Royal Tribunal of War. He was an honorary associate of the Neapolitan Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] The Science Lyceum in Cariati is named after him. He corresponded with numerous scholars, from the writers Saverio Mattei and Lorenzo Giustiniani (1761 – 1824), to the poet Pietro Metastasio, and the judge Nicola Fraggianni. He is considered one of the members of society attempting to bring the Enlightenment ideas to Neapolitan governance and society.[2] For example, he claimed some of the transactions carried out by members of the wealthy monastic orders in Naples were practicing Simony.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Continuazione al Nuovo dizionario istorico degli uomini che si sono renduti piu celebri... Tomo VI; Gioacchino M. Olivier-Poli, Published by R. Marotta and Vanspandoch, Naples (1825); page 397-398.
- ^ Il Liceo Scientifico ricorda Stefano Patrizi, 6 June 2015,Strill daily.
- ^ Biografia degli uomini illustri del Regno di Napoli ornata de loro rispettivi ritratti compilata dal sig.r Domenico Martuscelli socio delle accademie di Marsiglia e di Livorno ... Tomo primo [-quindicesimo]: 2. 1814.
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