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Serafino Secchi (died 1628) was the Master of the Order of Preachers from 1612 to 1628.

He was from Pavia and a member of the Dominican Order.^[1] Immediately before being elected master at the chapter of 1612, he had been the procurator general of the previous master, Agostino Galamini.^[1] At the chapter of 1612, Philip III of Spain pushed for a Spanish candidate for master, but the chapter nevertheless chose Secchi, another Italian.^[1]

While he was master, the French nicknamed him "Le Sec" (The Dry One) because of his good memory and attention to detail.^[1] During his mastership, all non-Dominicans were barred from preaching in Dominican churches.^[1] He created special courses on preaching for the first time in the order's history.^[1] He forbade any member of the order to appeal to the Holy See without having first appealed a case to the order's procurator general.^[1]

He died in 1628.^[1]

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