Delfini (family)

The Delfini (also found as Dolfin, Delfino, or Delfin) is a prominent noble family of Venice, part of the twelve original noble lineages of the Republic, known as the "apostolic families".

Notable Members

  • Domenico Dolfin, Duke of Candia (1216-1217).
  • Baldovino Dolfin (1275-1335), statesman.
  • Giacomo Dolfin, Duke of Candia (1261-1262)
  • Giovanni Dolfin (c. 1290-1361), 57th Doge of Venice.
  • Leonardo Delfino (1353-1415) Patriarch of Alexandria.
  • Dolfin Dolfin, captain during the fall of Constantinople (1453)
  • Zaccaria Delfino (1527–1583), Cardinal (by Pious IV).
  • Giovanni Delfin (1529-1584), Bishop of Brescia and Torcello.
  • Gentile Dolfino (+1601), Bishop of Camerino.
  • Giovanni Delfin (1545-1622), Cardinal (by Clemens VIII)
  • Flaminio Delfin (1552-1605), Commander General of the Papal Armies.
  • Vittoria Delfin, mother of Pope Clement X.
  • Giovanni Delfino (1589-1651), bishop of Belluno.
  • Giovanni Dolfin (1617-1699), Cardinal (by Alexander VII) and poet.
  • Daniel Delfin (1653–1704), Cardinal (by Innocent XII) and Patriarch of Aquileia.
  • Daniel Delfin (1656-1729), Admiral of the Venetian Fleet.
  • Dionisus Delfin (1663–1734), Patriarch of Aquileia
  • Daniele Delfin (1688-1762), Cardinale (by Benedict XIV), Patriarch of Aquileia.
  • Giovanni Paolo Delfini (1736-1819), Bishop.
  • Caterina Dolfin (1736-1796), poet.
  • Daniel Delfin (1748-1798), statesman and diplomat (ambassador to Louis XVI of France)

Palaces and Villas

Bibliography

  • B. G. Dolfin, I Dolfin patrizi veneziani nella storia di Venezia dal 452 al 1923, Milano 1923.
  • Ganzer, Gilberto, Splendori di una dinastia: L'eredita europea dei Manin e dei Dolfin.
  • Cardinale Delfino, patriarca d'Aquileia, Rituale romano illustrato, Bettinelli, Venezia 1749.
  • P. Gradenigo, Ambasciatori veneti, cc. 60, 164, 302, 308v.
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