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- ↑ Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1960). Frankfurt and the Taunus: handbook for travellers. K. Baedeker.
- ↑ Colin Morris (1991). The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050 to 1250. Clarendon Press. pp. 424–. ISBN 978-0-19-826925-0.
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