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References
- 1 2 Universität Tübingen: Die Relatio von Adelbert von Heidenheim
- ↑ Adelberti secundi post S. Wunibaldum abbatis Heidenheimensis relatio, qua ratione sub Eugenio III. pont. max. monasterium Heidenheimense ad ordinem sancti Benedicti redierit, praemissis non paucis de vita S. Willibaldi, S. Wunibaldi, et S. Walpurgis.
- ↑ Dunphy, Graeme (2010). "Adelbert of Heidenheim". In Graeme Dunphy; Cristian Bratu (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Medieval Chronicle . p. 14. ISBN 9789004184640.
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