Mainerio mainly wrote works of Musica Sacra, although he published a collection of popular songs and dances, such as Il primo libro de' balli.
omnitonum sex vocum parium canenda, integrated by a motet (also six-part) named O sacrum convivium: they were all printed in Venice in 1580 by Angelo Gardano.
An adaptation of Mainerio's Schiarazula Marazula appears as "Ballo in Fa diesis minore" on Angelo Branduardi's 1977 album La pulce d'acqua (English edition as Fables and Fantasies, 1980).
Mainerio's character appears in a story of the popular Italian comics book/horror Dampyr, issued monthly by Sergio Bonelli Editore.
It reinterprets real aspects of Mainerio's life (particularly his interest in occultism and magic) in a fantastic tone, combining them with some myths of Friulan folklore such as agane, female water demons similar to Scottish bean nighes.