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- ↑ USC Libraries website
- ↑ Santosepulcro website, St Emebert
- ↑ Walsh, Michael. A New Dictionary of Saints, Liturgical Press, 2007, p. 177 ISBN 9780814631867
- ↑ Katholic Norway website, Saint Emebert of Cambrai-Arras
- ↑ Nominis website Ablebert
- ↑ Odden, Per Einar. Den hellige Emebert av Cambrai-Arras, Den katolske kirke, July 19, 2006
- ↑ "15 Janvier: Saints Adolphe, Emebert et Vindicien". Diocèse de Cambrai (in French).
- ↑ Celtic Orthodox Faith website, Liturgical Calendar Part 2
