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- ↑ Bernard Berthod, Jacqueline Boucher, Bruno Galland, Régis Ladous et André Pelletier, Archevêques de Lyon, Lyon, éditions Lyonnaises d'Art et d'Histoire, 2012, p191.
- ↑ Jacques Gadille (dir.), René Fédou, Henri Hours et Bernard de Vregille, Le diocèse de Lyon, Paris, Beauchesne, coll. (Histoire des diocèses de France (no 16), 1983), p350.
- ↑ David M. Cheney, Archdiocese of Lyon at catholic-hierarchy.org.
- ↑ Goyau, Georges. "Lyons." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 18 October 2017
- ↑ Lettre de Saint-Cyprien (Epistula LXVIII) adressée au pape Etienne.
- ↑ Gallia Christiana Novissima, Tome III, page 12, n°12.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Lyons". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.