nationality notableworks name period article_title citizenship
venetian '' lionardi '' dialogi '' , '' rime di m. alessandro alessandro lionardi mid-16th century alessandro lionardi
 padovan
alessandro lionardi

alessandro lionardi or leonardi was an italian poet from padova , active in the mid-16th century .
he was a doctor of law , and author of an important treatise on poetry and rhetoric , the `` dialogi '' -lrb- , or `` dialogues '' -rrb- .
he is the author of the texts of alfonso ferrabosco 's five-voice madrigals `` vidi pianger madonna '' and `` come dal ciel seren rugiada sole '' .
