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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Congregation of Our Lady of Calvary". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company. The entry cites:
- Max Heimbucher , Die Orden und Congregationen der katholischen Kirche (Paderborn, 1907)
- Braunmüller in Kirchenlexikon II, 358;
- Hélyot, Dict. des Ordres Religieux (Paris, 1860);
- François-Xavier de Feller, Biographie universelle (Besançon, 1848), VI;
- Constitutions des Bénédictines de la congrégation du Calvaire (Paris, 1635)
