Bartholomew of Neocastro (c. 1240 – after 1293) was an Italian jurist, and author of a chronicle called the Historia Sicula, which covers the years from 1250 to 1293.
[3] It is in this position that Bartholomew was a direct and close witness to the narrated series of events.
The work reflects the desires of the author to be witness to historical events that would change his homeland.
[3] The narrative begins with the death of Frederick II of Swabia in 1250 to the summer of 1293.
Much of Neocastro's work is lost, but his work was cited by Spanish historian Jerónimo Zurita y Castro (1512–1580) in his history of the Crown of Aragon, Anales de la Corona de Aragón [es].