The Delfin family , singular Dolfin or Delfin[o] , is a prominent noble family of Venice , part of the twelve original noble lineages of the Republic , known as the "apostolic families", thought to have elected the first Doge of Venice 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 (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.
Republic of Venice
Palazzo Ca' Dolfin (Università Ca' Foscari)
Palazzo Dolfin Bollani
