Andrea de Litio (active 1442–1473) was an Italian painter. His city of birth is uncertain; one possibility is Lecce nei Marsi in the Province of L'Aquila in the

Abruzzo Abruzzo (, , ; nap, label=Neapolitan language, Abruzzese Neapolitan, Abbrùzze , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; nap, label=Sabino dialect, Aquilano, Abbrùzzu; #History, historically Abruzzi) is a Regions of Italy, region of Southern Italy wi ...

. He was active mainly in the Abruzzo. Documents from 1442 have him working in

Norcia Norcia (), traditionally known in English by its Latin name of Nursia (), is a town and comune in the province of Perugia (Italy) in southeastern Umbria. Unlike many ancient towns, it is located in a wide plain abutting the Monti Sibillini, a su ...

as ''Andrea di Giovanni de Leccio'', working alongside

Luca di Lorenzo The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the most recent population from which all organisms now living on Earth share common descent—the most recent common ancestor of all current life on Earth. This includes all cellular organisms; t ...

, Giambono di Corrado,

Bartolomeo di Tommaso Bartolomeo di Tommaso, also known as Bartolomeo da Foligno (born in Foligno, c. 1400, active by 1425, died 1453–54) was an Italian painter of the Umbro- Sienese school. Life and career He was in Ancona from 1425 to 1442, when he returned to Fo ...

, and

Nicola da Siena Nicola di Ulisse, also known as Nicola da Siena or Nicola di Ulisse da Siena (active 1442 - 1470) was an Italian painter of the Umbro- Sienese school. Nicola was born in Siena, but was documented in Norcia by 1442, at work in the choir of Sant� ...

. His masterworks are frescoes in the choir of the canons in

Atri Cathedral Atri Cathedral ( it, Basilica concattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta; Duomo di Atri) is a Romanesque Roman Catholic cathedral dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in the town of Atri, Province of Teramo, region of Abruzzo, Italy. It w ...

. These include a depiction of the evangelist

Saint Luke Luke the Evangelist (Latin: '' Lucas''; grc, Λουκᾶς, '' Loukâs''; he, לוקאס, ''Lūqās''; arc, /ܠܘܩܐ לוקא, ''Lūqā’; Ge'ez: ሉቃስ'') is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of t ...

as a painter. Other frescoes have primitive oddities: such as his depiction of ''The Massacre of the Innocents''. He also painted for churches in

Celano Celano is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of L'Aquila, central Italy, east of Rome by rail. Geography Celano rises on the top of a hill in the territory of Marsica, below the mountain range of Sirente. It faces the valley of Fucino, once ...

Rette della Cultura Abruzzese, Regione Abruzzo
, biographies of Personaggi Illustri. and frescoes for the church of

San Nicola, Atri San Nicola is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church located in the town of Atri, province of Teramo, region of Abruzzo, Italy. History First founded in the 11th century and rebuilt in 1256, St Nicola’s Church was rebuilt over the centuries. ...

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