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References
- ↑ Barbier de Montault, Xavier, ed. (1868). Collection des décrets authentiques des sacrées congrégations romaines: Sacrée Congrégation des Indulgences (in French). Paris: Étienne Repos. p. V.
- ↑ Catholic Answers website, Encyclopedia, Council of Trent, by J. P. Kirsch
- ↑ Catholic Answers website, Encyclopedia, Indulgences, by W. H. Kent
- ↑ Vatican website, Benedictus XV Motu Proprio, De Attribuenda Sancto Officio Censura Librorum et Poenitentiariae Apostolicae Concessione Indulgentiarum
- Further reading
- Bountry, Philippe (2002). Souverain et Pontife. Recherches prosopographiques sur la Curie Romaine à l'âge de la Restauration (1814-1846) (in French). Publications de l'École française de Rome. pp. 100–106.
