Francesco (or Francis) Caracciolo (died 31 May 1316) was a Neapolitan nobleman, diplomat and theologian who was the chancellor of Notre-Dame and of the University of Paris from 1309 or 1310 until his death.
In August 1308, Pope Clement V granted him a future full non-priestly prebend in Paris in lieu of his half-prebend.
John of Saint-Germain's notes on the lectures are found in the manuscript Worcester, Cathedral Library, F 69 under the title Notabilia Cancellarii addita super tertium.
[9] Reports also survive of Caracciolo's role as an opponent in the inception disputation of Thomas Wylton in late spring 1312.
There is a report attached to the Notabilia Cancellarii in the Worcester manuscript and another in the notebook of Prosper of Reggio Emilia, now Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, lat.
[11] The Vatican manuscript Borghese 171 contains one quodlibetal question by Caracciolo[12] and a Quaestio de ydeis that may have been written by him but more probably by Thomas Wylton.
[1][14] There is a quire bound as part of the manuscript Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 15669 that was probably written by Caracciolo himself.
It contains one partial and one complete draft of the letter to King Robert and a series of short texts probably composed by Caracciolo.