ANDREA, Giovanni, bishop of Aleria in Corsica, a descendant of the family of Bussi or Bossi, was born at Vigevano in 1417. He is celebrated in literary history as having been highly instrumental in introducing printing into Rome, and as the editor of the first editions of several classical authors printed in that city by Sweynheim and Pannartz. The merit of Andrea was the greater, that in early life he
had to contend against the disadvantages of extreme poverty. He died in 1475.—Thithemus, De Script. Eccles.