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- ↑ "Psalmorum hic modulator et phonascus ante altaria fratre gratulante instructas docuit sonare classes" (Epist., IV, xi, 6; V, 13-15).
- ↑ "Claudianus Mamertus", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 2 rev. ed., ( E. A. Livingstone, ed.) 2013 ISBN 9780198614425
- 1 2 3 Lejay, Paul. "Claudianus Mamertus." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 4. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. 4 November 2021
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . - ↑ Philip Schaff, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series: Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius, Rufinus: Historical Writings (Cosimo, Inc., 1 June 2007), p. 397
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Claudianus Mamertus". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
