Felino Maria Sandeo
Italian canonist of the fifteenth century, b. at Felina, Diocese of Reggio, in 1444; d. at Lucca, October, 1503
Sandeo, FELINO MARIA, often quoted under the name of Felinus, Italian canonist of the fifteenth century, b. at Felina, Diocese of Reggio, in 1444; d. at Lucca, October, 1503, according to most writers, according to others at Rome, September 6 of the same year. He taught canon law from 1466 to 1474 at Ferrara, which was his family’s native place, and at Pisa until 1484, when he became auditor of the Sacred Palace and lived at Rome. On May 4, 1495, he became Bishop of Penna and Atri and on September 25 of the same year Coadjutor Bishop of Lucca with right of succession. He became Bishop of Lucca in 1499. Felino was a good compiler but lacked originality. His chief work is “Lectura”, or “Commentaria in varios titulos libri I, II, IV, et V Decretalium” (see Hain, “Repert. bibliogr.”, II, ii, 269-78, N. 14280-14325, published rather often, notably at Milan, 1504; Basle, 1567; Lyons, 1587). He also published a “Sermo de indulgentia”, “Repetitiones” “Consilia”, and “Epitome de regno Sicilia” (s. 1., 1495). Some unedited works are mentioned in Fabricius, “Bib. latina mediae et infirnm tatis” with additions by Mansi, II (Florence, 1858), 558.
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