Giovanni Paolo Paladino or Jean-Paul Paladin (fl.
1540-1560) was an Italian composer and lutenist from Milan.
He was born Giovanni Paolo Paladino and was also a merchant who maintained a large house and vineyard in Lyons.
[1] From 1516-22 he was lutenist to Francois I, from 1544 with Charles III of Lorraine, and from 1548-53 with Queen Mary of Scotland.
[2] Paladino published three books of lute music in Lyons in 1549, 1553 and 1560.