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Andrea
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or priest and canon OF BERGAMO, lived near the close of the 9th century. He wrote a History from the time of the entry of the Lombards into Italy down to the death of the emperor Louis II, about A.D. 874. This History was published by Muratori in vol. 1 of his Antiquitates Italica. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
monk OF VALLOMBROSA, and priest of San Fedele di Strami, in the diocese of Arezzo, was at Parma in 1061; then at Cadolo, and simoniacal bishop of this see; and was elected pope in opposition to Alexander II. Andrea'was strongly opposed in this election, and was banished by the clergy. He died in 1106. He wrote, Sancti Arialdi Vita (inserted in Puricelli's De Sanctis Martyribus, etc. [Milan, 1657]): — Epistole ad Lyrum, Presbyterum Mediolanensem: — Vita Sancti Johannis Gualberti (in vol. 3 of the Acta Sanct.). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Andrea'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/andrea.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
