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 edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
- ^ M. Chappin (1984). Pie VII et les Pays-Bas : Tensions religieuses et Tolérance civile, 1814-1817. Biblical BookShop. p. 102. ISBN 9788876525568.
- ^ a b c DBI.
- ^ a b Valsecchi, Antonino (1708-1791). BnF.
- ^ a b c d Del Negro 2015, p. 337.
Bibliography edit
- Del Negro, Piero (2015). Padova University Press (ed.). Clariores. Dizionario biografico dei docenti e degli studenti dell'Università di Padova. Padova.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Massimo Mancini (2020). "VALSECCHI, Antonio". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 98: Valeriani–Verra (in Italian). Rome: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana. ISBN 978-8-81200032-6.
External links edit
- Works by Antonino Valsecchi at Open Library
- Works on Post-Reformation Digital Library
