SANDEO, Felino Maria. — Bishop and canonist, born at Felino (Parma) in 1444, died at Rome on 6 Sept. 1500. Professor of canon law at Ferrara (1466), of Roman law at Pisa (1474), he was later appointed auditor of the Rota, referendary of both Signatures, canon of Ferrara, vice-legate of the Apostolic Camera, bishop of Atri and Penne (1495), and finally of Lucca (1499).
He stood beside the Holy See in disputes with Ferdinand I of Naples and with Charles VIII of France. To uphold the rights of the Holy See against the so-called privilege of the Sicilian monarchy in its conflict with the former, he wrote the work De regibus Siciliae et Apuliae (Milan 1485, Hanover 1601), in which he summarizes events from 537 to 1494. On matters of law he composed a Commentary on the Decretals (Venice 1497–99; Lyons 1519, 1535, 1587); Consilia (Leipzig 1533, Venice 1582); Repetitiones on certain specific points of law (Bologna 1498); a Concordantia iuris, civil and canon, which remained unpublished, and some essays on the diplomatic history of the period.
At Lucca he gathered manuscripts that formed the first holdings of the Chapter Library, which he named the Feliniana.