Bianco da Siena

According to Feo Belcari, Bianco da Siena was native of Lanciolina di Valdarno (at present Anciolina, in the province of Arezzo), but he worked as a wool carder at Siena. == Poetry ==

Bianco da Siena wrote several religiously-inspired poems. These were widely read in the Middle Ages and they are in many manuscripts. One hundred and twenty-two poems were published, spanning more than twenty thousand lines of verse. In the 20th century, an English translation of his poem "Discendi amor santo" by Richard Frederick Littledale became a popular Christian hymn, "Come Down, O Love Divine", after it was set to music by the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1906. == Posterity ==

Richard Frederick Littledale translated multiple poems into English that have come into common use in the Church. • Discendi amor santo - Come down, O Love Divine • Gesù Christo amoroso - O Jesus Christ, the loving • ''Vergine Santa, Sposa dell'Agnello - O Virgin spouse of Christ, the Lamb'' • Ama Jesu, el tuo sposo diletto - Love Jesu, who hath sought thee so: == Bibliography ==