Billy (Or Billi, Lat. Billius), Jacques De
a French abbot, who was born at Guise in 1535, and died at Paris, Dec. 25, 1581; wrote Anthologisc Sacrs ex Probatissimnis utriusque Lingua Patribus Collectce, atque -Octastichis Comprehensac libri II; he also wrote notes on Gregory Nazianzen's work, which F. Morellus edited (Paris, 1709-11); he also published Joannes Damanscenus: Opera Gr. et Lat. ex editione J. B. (ibid. 1619): — Isidorus Pelusiota: de Interpret. Div. Scripturas Epistol. libri V Gr. et Lat., quorum III priores ex Interpretatione Jac. Billii (ibid. 1585). .See Wiler, Handbuch der theol. Lit. i, 893, 895 sq.; Jocher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. (B. P.)