He is best known for founding a studio that trained
Francesco Rizzo, who inherited the studio after his master's demise, and later
Palma il Vecchio and
Andrea Previtali. His main pupil
Francesco Rizzo is also sometimes known as Francesco da Santacroce. To confuse names further, a Francesco di Simone, was putatively active in the early 15th century in Naples, a pupil of
Simone Napoletano and colleague of
Colantonio del Fiore. Finally
Simone Ferrucci is a Quattrocento sculptor also known as
Francesco di Simone Ferrucci. ==References==