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- ↑ Florida International University, Biographical Dictionary section Pope Pius VI (1775-1799), Consistory of January 29, 1787 (XV)
- ↑ Catholic hierarchy, entry.
- ↑ Rome, Its Princes, Priests and People: Volume 2, by David Silvagni, Fanny McLaughlin, 1885, page 135-136.
