Type: Person

Name: Sandeus, Felinus

Dates: 1444 — 1503

Gender: male

Variant names: Felino Sandeo; Sandeo, Felino Maria

Biographical details: Born in Felina near Reggio in 1444, Felinus taught canon law at Ferrara from 1466 to 1474, and at Pisa since 1474. He received the doctorate in both laws in 1467. In 1486, Felinus became an auditor of the Rota. He received the bishoprics of Penna and Atri in 1495, then of Lucca in 1499. He died at Rome, in 1503, and left a magnificent library which still forms part of the episcopal library of Lucca.

References: CERL cnp01364840; VIAF 5081226

Editor: CM

Start of time period: 15th century AD, 2nd quarter

End of time period: 16th century AD, 1st quarter

Period: humanist

Characterisation: religious

Profession: jurist; clergy

Place: Ferrara; Pisa; Lucca

Country: Italy