External links
- Works by Antonino Valsecchi at Open Library
- Works on Post-Reformation Digital Library
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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]
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]
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