Leoni, LEONE (1509-90), goldsmith, medallist, and sculptor, worked at Milan, Genoa, Brussels, and Madrid, and was the rival of Benvenuto Cellini in talent, in vice, and in violence. See the monograph by Plon (Paris, 1886).
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 582
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