Biglia Andrea

Biglia Andrea was a noble Milanese, who entered the order of Hermits of St. Augustine, and flourished about 1420. He was distinguished for his knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, and died at Sienna in 1435. He wrote. De Ordinis Eremitarum S. Augustini Propagatione (Parma, 1601, 4to ): — Historia Rerum Mediolanensiun (printed in the Thes. Ant. Ital. of Burmannus, vol. 9 pt. 6 and in the Scriptores Rer. Ital. of Muratori, vol. 9). Many works by him yet remain in MS. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.; Landon, Eccles. Dict. s.v.