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- ↑ New Advent website, Cologne page Adolph III of Schauenburg (1546-56) took strong measures against the preachers brought in by Hermann, and published vigorous decrees against immoral priests. His brother Anton (1556-58) followed a similar course.
- ↑ Catholic Hierarchy website, Archdiocese of Cologne page
- Norbert Trippen, Geschichte des Erzbistums Köln (Cologne, 2008)
- Robert Haass, "Adolf III", in Neue Deutsche Biographie, Vol. 1 (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1953), pp 83f.
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