Patrizio Ravennate (Latin: Patricius Ravennas) was a chronicler of Ravenna active in the late 14th century and possibly into the early 15th.[1]
Virtually nothing is known of his life, although he is usually presumed to have been a native of Ravenna. The only thing that can be said for certain about his dates is that he was alive after 1378, when his chronicle ends.[1] If he died shortly after completing his chronicle, he was probably born between about 1310 and 1330. He may have been educated at the University of Bologna.[2]
Patricius' Cronica covers the period 1000–1378. It is essentially regional in focus.[1] His sources include Pietro Cantinelli, Riccobaldo da Ferrara and a lost Bolognese source. For later years he includes personal experience.[2] The Cronica is preserved complete in a single 15th-century manuscript, now Modena, Biblioteca Estense, Camp. App. 416 (= γ. R.2.35). An incomplete copy, containing only the years 1106–1276, is found in a 15th-century manuscript in Ravenna, Biblioteca Classense, Vol. miscellaneo, Mob.3.5. M/12.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c d Mascanzoni 2014.
- ^ a b Damian-Grint 2010.
Bibliography
edit- Damian-Grint, Peter (2010). "Patricius Ravennas". In Graeme Dunphy (ed.). Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle. Vol. 2. Brill. p. 1190. doi:10.1163/2213-2139_emc_SIM_02013.
- Mascanzoni, Leardo (2014). "Patrizio Ravennate". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 81: Pansini–Pazienza (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
- Mascanzoni, Leardo, ed. (2015). Patricii Ravennatis Cronica. Istituto Istorico Italiano.