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- 1 2 Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", p. 860
- 1 2 Sophrone Pétridès, "Casium" in Catholic Encyclopedia (New York 1908)
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