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- ↑ Holweck, Frederick George. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints, Volume 1, B. Herder, 1924. p. 271
- ↑ Goyau, Georges. "Bourges." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. 16 April 2020
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . - ↑ Hoever, Hugo. Lives of the Saints, New York: Catholic Book Publishing, 1977
- ↑ Schäfer, Joachim. "Desideratus von Bourges", Ökumenischen Heiligenlexikon
