Giulio Aleni

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Giulio Aleni: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 01, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Dec 12, 2023
	Anniversary information added.		Jul 30, 2023
	Add new Web site: Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity - Biography of Giulio Aleni.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 07, 2013
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998