Michel Riccio

Michel Riccio (1445–1515) 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.

Career He started his career as a lawyer under Ferdinand I of Naples (1423–1494). In 1498, King Louis XII of France (1462–1515) appointed him Senator of Milan. 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.

As a historian, he wrote volumes about the Italian Wars and the dynastic rulers of the Kingdom of Naples. Naples. A commemorative epigraph is still visible on the funeral monument.