RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Giulio Alenio

1582 - 1649

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Giulio Aleni (Latin: Julius Alenius; 1582 – 10 June 1649), in Chinese Ai Rulüe, was an Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar. He was born in Leno near Brescia in Italy, at the time part of the Republic of Venice, and died at Yanping in China. He became a member of the Society of Jesus in 1600 and distinguished himself in his knowledge of mathematics and theology. He is known for helping publish the Zhifang Waiji, an atlas in Chinese. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giulio Alenio is the 2,424th most popular religious figure (down from 2,257th in 2019), the 3,141st most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,127th in 2019) and the 504th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Giulio Alenio ranks 2,424 out of 3,187. Before him are Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Melchior Hoffman, Don Alden Adams, Hugh of Champagne, Calgacus, and Catald. After him are Symmachus, Pancras of Taormina, Navvab Safavi, Wulfhere of Mercia, Aidan of Lindisfarne, and Tryphon of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1582, Giulio Alenio ranks 18. Before him are Stephen Pongracz, David Teniers the Elder, Sigismondo d'India, Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Archduchess Eleanor of Austria, and Duchess Sophie of Prussia. After him is Marco da Gagliano. Among people deceased in 1649, Giulio Alenio ranks 15. Before him are David Teniers the Elder, Gerardus Vossius, Isaac van Ostade, Susanna Hall, Vincenzo Carafa, and John Winthrop. After him are Jean de Brébeuf, Juan Martínez Montañés, Elisabeth Magdalena of Pomerania, and Richard Crashaw.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giulio Alenio ranks 3,142 out of 5,161. Before him are Vannoccio Biringuccio (1480), Giacomo Ceruti (1698), Francesco Faà di Bruno (1825), Tommaso Tittoni (1855), Antonio Di Pietro (1950), and Sergio Rossi (1935). After him are Castruccio Castracani (1281), Luigi Capuana (1839), Sergio Martino (1938), Bruno Mattei (1931), Valentino Fioravanti (1764), and Francesco Alidosi (1455).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Giulio Alenio ranks 504. Before him are Attilio Nicora (1937), Giuseppe Petrocchi (1948), Domenico Agostini (1825), Pio Laghi (1922), Francesco Marchisano (1929), and Domenico Bartolucci (1917). After him are Francesco Alidosi (1455), Lorenzo Cybo de Mari (1450), Renato Corti (1936), Francesco Colasuonno (1925), Adeodato Giovanni Piazza (1884), and Paolo Sardi (1934).

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