Andrea de Litio (active 1442–1473) was an

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painter. His city of birth is uncertain; one possibility is

Lecce nei Marsi Lecce (; ) is a city in southern Italy and capital of the province of Lecce. It is on the Salentine Peninsula, at the heel of the Italian Peninsula, and is over two thousand years old. Because of its rich Baroque architecture, Lecce is ni ...

in the

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in the

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. 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,

Giambono di Corrado Giambono di Corrado (15th century) was an Italian painter. History He was born in Dubrovnik but moved to Norcia, where he was adopted and was taught by Olivuccio di Ciccarello. Giambono was documented in Norcia in 1442, at work in the choir of S ...

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 Umbria, Umbro-Sienese School, Sienese school. Life and career He was in Ancona from 1425 to 1442, ...

, 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

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. These include a depiction of the evangelist

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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 Abruzzo (, ; ; , ''Abbrìzze'' or ''Abbrèzze'' ; ), historically also known as Abruzzi, is a Regions of Italy, regi ...

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