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- ↑ Albaigès, Josep M.; Olivart, J.M.A. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de personas (in Spanish). Universitat de Barcelona. p. 31. ISBN 978-84-475-0264-6 . Retrieved 20 September 2018.
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