DANDINO, GIROLAMO
DANDINO, GIROLAMO. — Born in Cesena around 1550, he entered the Society of Jesus in Rome on August 17, 1569, and died in Forlì on November 29, 1634. From June 1596 to August 1597, he conducted an apostolic visitation of the Maronites of Mount Lebanon together with Fr. Fabio Bruno; in addition to its informative purpose, the visitation aimed to regulate the sending of students to the Maronite College in Rome (cf. the instructions published by A. Rabbath, *Documents pour servir à l'histoire du christianisme en Orient*, I, Paris 1910, pp. 170-73). Dandino also convened two synods of Maronite bishops.
The book in which he wove together the memories of his journey, the description of the country, the account and acts of the visitation, was published posthumously (1656) in Cesena: *Missione apostolica al Patriarca e Maroniti del Monte Libano del p. G. D., da Cesena, e sua pellegrinazione a Gerusalemme*. The French translation, Paris 1675 (various reprints), was done by the Oratory of St. Simon. After returning from the Levant, the priest held various responsible positions (in Poland, France, and Italy). He left two other works: *De corpore animato* (Patriagi 1601); *Ethica sacra, hoc est de virtutibus et vitiis*, Cesena 1651 (Antwerp 1676).
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DANDINO, GIROLAMO
DANDINO, GIROLAMO. — Cardinal, born in Cesena around 1509, died in Rome on December 4, 1559; he entered the papal chancery under Paul III, was bishop of Caserta on November 14, 1544, transferred to Imola on May 17, 1549, and continued to belong to the Curia, being entrusted with diplomatic missions to France in 1541, May 1543, 1546-47, 1548, and to the emperor in 1545 regarding the opening of the Council. Julius III retained him as head of the secretariat; in April 1551 he sent him to Charles V concerning the disputes with Ottavio Farnese and the Council; on November 20, 1551, he created him cardinal and then, with legatine authority in April 1553, sent him to Brussels to the imperial court. Under Paul IV, like all the diplomats of Paul III, he was kept in the background.