The same year Gigli wrote Il Gazzettino e Avvisi ideali, mocking characters related to the academic, religious, and courtly worlds.

This questioning of the Florentine language, in addition to its opinion concerning the superiority of Florence over Siena, helped give rise to the controversy with the Accademia della Crusca, from which he was expelled.

Before his death, his commentary on Celso Cittadini's work on Vulgar Latin and the Tuscan dialect was published in 1721.

[4] In recent years, the Accademia della Crusca has decided to republish Gigli's Vocabulario Cateriniano.

In 1707,[verification needed] it was published in Siena with a dedication to the Grand Duke Cosimo III "The life of the seraphic bride of Jesus Christ St. Catherine of Siena, now faithfully translated from the Latin Legend who compiled the B. Raymond of Capua, her confessor for Mr. Canon Bernardino Pecci Academic Enthroned".