ALENIO, GIULIO (ah-la'ne-o) (1582-1649), Italian Jesuit missionary, was born at Brescia. He landed at Macao in 161 o, and penetrated into China three years later. During his 3o years' residence in China he adopted the dress and manners of the country, was the first Christian missionary in Kiang-si, and built several churches in Fukien. He wrote in Chinese a Life of Christ (Peking, 163 7 , 8 vol. ; often reprinted, e.g., in 1887 in 3 vol., and used even by Protestant missionaries) and a cos mography (I the fang wai ki Hang-chow, 1623, 6 vol.), which was translated into Manchu under the title The True Origin of io,000 Things, a copy of which was sent from Peking to Paris in 1789. Alenio died at Fuchow in For bibliography see de Backer and Sommervogel, Bibl. de la Cie. de Jesus, i. 158-16o.