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- ↑ cf. "Sbaralea Joannes Hyacinthus, Supplementum et castigatio ad scriptores trium Ordinum S.Franciscum,1806, p. 205 “Crescentius Aesinus quem ferunt ex vetusta, illustrique familia de Gritiis fuisse, que adhuc viget, et nonnullis Equitibus Melitensibus S. Jo: Hierosolym. ornata resplendet"
- ↑ 1240, encyclical letter.
- ↑ "1244, at the General Chapter of Genoa". Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ↑ PDF Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
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