Francesco Rizzoli

Francesco Rizzoli ( born July 11, 1809 in Milan, † May 24, 1880 in Bologna ) was an Italian physician and politician.

In 1840 he became professor of obstetrics. In 1849 he was appointed Professor of Clinical Surgery in Bologna and in 1876 in Pavia.

An ardent patriot Rizzoli supported the struggle for independence and was appointed Senator; In 1862 he treated Giuseppe Garibaldi.

He bought 1879, the former monastery of San Michele in Bosco and bequeathed it to the province of Bologna with the condition not to open a clinic for orthopedics, which did not happen until 1896.