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- ↑ Oratione del r.p. maestro Francesco Turchi da Trivigi, dell'Ordine della Beatissima Vergine Maria del Monte Carmelo, fatta nel capitolo generale dell'isteso ordine: celebrato in Roma, nelle feste delle Pentecoste, dell'anno 1580. Per la creatione del reuerendissimo p. generale, maestro Giovambattista Caffardi da Siena.
