sentences:  In 1733 he was a student of the College of St. Thomas in Rome, the future Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, "Angelicum" where he attached himself to Giuseppe Agostino Cardinal Orsi.In 1735 he taught philosophy at Santa Caterina in Naples, and the following year received the chair of metaphysics at the University of Naples.However, in 1737 he was forced to resign after receiving orders from his superiors to move to Bologna.