The Delfin family, singular Dolfin or Delfin '', is a prominent noble family of

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, part of the twelve original noble lineages of the

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, known as the "apostolic families", thought to have elected the first

Doge of Venice The Doge of Venice ( ; vec, Doxe de Venexia ; it, Doge di Venezia ; all derived from Latin ', "military leader"), sometimes translated as Duke (compare the Italian '), was the chief magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice between 726 a ...

in the year 697 a.C.

Notable members

* Domenico Dolfin, Duke of Candia (1216-1217). * Baldovino Dolfin (1275-1335), statesman. * Giacomo Dolfin, Duke of Candia (1261-1262) *

Giovanni Dolfin Giovanni Dolfin, also known as Giovanni Delfino or Delfin (died 12 July 1361) was the fifty-seventh Doge of Venice, appointed on August 13, 1356. Despite his value as general, during his reign Republic of Venice, Venice lost Dalmatia. He was blin ...

(c. 1290-1361), 57th Doge of Venice. * Leonardo Delfino (1353-1415)

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. * 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 Gentile Dolfin (died 1601) was a Roman Catholic prelate, member of the Delfin family, who served as Bishop of Camerino (1596–1601). ''(in Latin)'' ''(in Latin)'' Biography On 18 December 1596, Gentile was appointed during the papacy of Pope C ...

(+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

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. * 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

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. * Daniel Delfin (1656-1729), Admiral of the Venetian Fleet. * Dionisus Delfin (1663–1734),

* Daniele Delfin (1688-1762), Cardinale (by Benedict XIV),

. * Giovanni Paolo Delfini (1736-1819), Bishop. *

Caterina Dolfin Caterina Dolfin (Venice, 8 May 1736 - Venice, 14 November 1793) was an Italian (Venetian) poet. Caterina was the daughter of the Nobilis Homo, N.H. Ser Antonio Giovanni Dolfin family, Dolfin and the N.H. / N.D., N.D. Donata Salamon family, Salamon ...

(1736-1796), poet. * Daniel Delfin (1748-1798), statesman and diplomat (ambassador to Louis XVI of France)

Palaces and villas

Palazzo Dolfin Manin Palazzo Dolfin Manin is a palace in the ''sestiere'' of San Marco on the Canal Grande of Venice, northern Italy. It is located near the Palazzo Bembo and Palazzo Dandolo Paolucci, not far from the Rialto Bridge. History The palace was built by th ...

(San Salvatore,

) * Palazzo Ca' Dolfin (

Ca' Foscari University Ca' Foscari University of Venice ( it, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, simply Università Ca' Foscari) is a public university in Venice, Italy. Since its foundation in 1868, it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca' Foscari, from w ...

) * Palazzo Dolfin Bollani * Palazzo Dolfin Casale (

Rosà Rosà is a town of 14.328 inhabitants in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. The name comes from the Latin word "roxata", the ancient name of the biggest irrigation channel that passed in that area. The municipality has got 4 hamlets (Travet ...

) * Palazzo Dolfin (

San Polo San Polo ( vec, San Poło) is the smallest and most central of the six sestieri of Venice, northern Italy, covering 86 acres (35 hectares) along the Grand Canal. It is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before ...

) *

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(

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) * Palazzo Dolfin Boniotti (

Fratta Polesine Fratta Polesine is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southwest of Rovigo. Its main attraction is Andrea Palladio's Villa Badoer. Fratta Polesine is the ...

) * Villa Correr Dolfin * Villa Dolfin Boldù (

) * Villa Dolfin Giustinian Palazzo Dolfin-Manin.jpg,

Palazzo Secco Dolfin (Venice).jpg, Palazzo Ca' Dolfin ( Università Ca' Foscari) Palazzo Dolfin Bollani (Venice).jpg, Palazzo Dolfin Bollani

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. {{Authority control House of Dolfin Italian noble families Republic of Venice families Venetian noble families