Dado
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.
(2): ( n.) In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.
(3): ( n.) That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(1) Bishop of Amiens, is placed after Deodatus, about the end of the 7th century.
(2) First abbot of Rodez. He lived in the,8th century, and built with his own hands a cell at a place called Conchae. His first disciple was Medraldtns, who succeeded him as abbot and obtained the "privilegium" from Louis the Pious. Dado then retired to a more remote place called Grandevabrum. (See Audoenus).
