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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Gottheil, Richard; Kayserling, Meyer (1902). "Caballeria, Bonafos (סופנוב) de la". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . Vol. 3. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 480.
