Alesius, or Alane, a noted Reformer, born in Edinburgh, converted to Protestantism by Patrick Hamilton; was driven first from Scotland and then from England, till he settled as a theological professor in Germany, and took an active part in the Reformation there (1500-1563).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Ale`sia * Alessandria