BIGLIA (DE BILIS), ANDREA. – Theologian and humanist, born in Milan around 1395, died, it seems, in the last months of 1435. Still a child, he entered the Augustinian order. He became a renowned philosopher, historian, theologian, orator, polyglot, and humanist.
Among his printed works is *Mediolanensium rerum historia ab anno 1402 ad an. 1435* (L. A. Muratori, *Rerum Italicarum Scriptores*, XIX, Milan 1731, pp. 110 ff.). His manuscripts include: *Adversus schisma Benedicti XIII antiquae* (Ambrosian Library, cod. H. 1177), a treatise composed in 1425; *Commentariorum historicorum de defectu fidei in Oriente II. XII* (Vatican Library, cod. Vat. lat. 5298); *Adnotationes in Evangelia Quadragesimae* (Ambrosian Library, cod. E.S. VII, 2); *Adnotationes in Evangelia totius anni* (Ambrosian Library, cod. E. S. VII, 3). He also left numerous funeral orations and panegyrics, biblical and philosophical commentaries (especially on Porphyry and Aristotle), and a copious correspondence.