Antonino Valsecchi, as secolo Antonio Valsecchi and in Latin Antoninus Valsecchius (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]

Biography

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 philosopy.[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).

Note

  1. ↑ M. Chappin (1984). Pie VII et les Pays-Bas : Tensions religieuses et Tolérance civile, 1814-1817. Biblical BookShop. p. 102. ISBN 9788876525568.
  2. 1 2 3 DBI.
  3. 1 2 Valsecchi, Antonino (1708-1791). BnF.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Del Negro 2015, p. 337.

Bibliography

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