Alamanni

Alamanni, LUIGI, Italian poet, was born at Florence in 1495, and having engaged in a conspiracy against Cardinal Giuliano, his patron, fled first to Venice, and then, on the accession of the cardinal to the papal chair, to France. In 1527 he returned to Florence. Finally, he settled in France, and was employed as a diplomatist by Francis I. and Henry II. He died at Amboise in 1556. His works (2 vols. Florence, 1859) include didactic, epic, and minor poems, much admired in their day.