Teofilo Patini (Abruzzo, 1840 - Naples, 1906) was an Italian painter, active in a Verista style.
He was born to a landowning family of some wealth.
In 1855, he began classical studies in Sulmona under the Latin scholar, Leopoldo Dorrucci. Patini's father had taken a position as chancellor of the Royal Judiciary in that town.
He acquired a diploma of "Belle Lettere", and then enrolled in the University of Naples to study philosophy, then transferred to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples.