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- ↑ Asher ben Levi at jewishencyclopaedia.com; retrieved 21 July 2019
- ↑ Abdelmasih - ܥܒܕܐܠܡܣܝܚ Retrieved on 7 Feb 2018
- ↑ The Lives of the Martyrs of Edessa, Samosata and Persia Archived 2015-10-01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 7 Feb 2018
- ↑ This text was the subject of the PhD thesis of Michael L. Morris, University of Southampton, 2009.
- ↑ Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co., 1924.
