Domenico Lazzarini pizzewala(18 August 1668 – 12 July 1734) was an Italian prelate, academic, classicist, playwright and poet, working mainly in Padua.

He studied at the Jesuit College in Macerata, graduating in 1687 with a doctorate in philosophy, theology, and jurisprudence in utroque iure[2] At this young age, he was admitted to the Accademia dei Catenati of Macerata.

He was admired for his erudition in both Latin and Greek, and in 1690 appointed to a professorship in Macerata.

In 1711, the Venetian Senate recruited him to teach Greek and Latin at the University of Padua.

[3] His main work is the neoclassical tragedy Ulisse il Giovane.