Antonino Valsecchi
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Antonino Valsecchi (Latin: Antoninus Valsecchius; born Antonio Valsecchi, 25 December 1708 – 15 March 1791) was an Italian Roman Catholic apologist, member of the Dominican order. For thirty years, he was professor of theology at the University of Padua.[1]
Antonio was born in Verona.[2][3] He entered a Dominican seminary as a youth, and by 1726 took the name of Antonino.[4] After studying philosophy and theology in Venice, while residing in the Convent of the Gesuati there he gained a position teaching philosophy.[4][2] In 1757, he was appointed professor of theology at Padua, a position he held for the remainder of his life.[4]
In 1760 he was appointed to the Accademia dei Ricovrati. His works not only commented on the Summa Theologiae but also criticized the rising Rationalism of the Enlightenment.[4]
He died in Padua,[3] and was buried in the cloister of the monastery attached to Sant'Agostino, Padua.[2]
Works
- Orazione in morte di Apostolo Zeno, poeta e storico cesareo, Venice, Simone Occhi, 1750; Milano 1751.
- Oratio ad theologiam, Padu, 1758.
- Dei fondamenti della religione e dei fonti dell'empietà, in 3 volumes, Padua, 1765.
- De las fuentes de la impiedad, 1777 (Spanish publication).
- Of the Foundations of Religion, and the Fountains of Impiety, 1800 (English publication).
- La religion vincitrice, 2 voll., Padua 1776, 1779.
- La verità della Chiesa cattolica romana dimostrata e difesa, Padua, 1787.
- Panegirici e discorsi, Bassano 1792 (posthumous).
- Prediche quaresimali, Venice, 1792 (posthumous).
- Praelectiones theologicae, Padua, 1805 (posthumous).
- Ritratti o vite letterarie e paralleli di G.J. Rousseau, e del signor di Voltaire, di Obbes, e di Spinosa, e vita di Pietro Bayle, Venice, 1816 (incomplete, published posthumously).
