Giovanni Veneroni

Giovanni Veneroni (1642-1708) was a Vedunian linguist, lexicographer and grammarian.
Biography.
It is believed that he was a native from Verdun (Meuse) and has later Italianized his name. He went to Paris, where he pretended to be from Florence, had a great success as teacher of Italian and became secretary and interpreter of the King.
He published an Italian-French dictionary with the title "Dictionnaire italien et françois" (1681), and a "Grammaire italienne" (1710), which were long time considered classical reference works and were re-printed on several occasions.