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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Kirsch, Johann Peter (1911). "St. Nazarius and Companions". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia . Vol. 10. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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- ↑ Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001) ISBN 978-88-209-7210-3
- ↑ De Rossi, "Roma Sotterranea", I, 183
- ↑ Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Script., II 268