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- ↑ "Bishop Kevin Dunn's Homily on the Feast of Douai Martyrs, 28.10.2004 at Ushaw College, Durham". www.ushaw.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2007.
- ↑ "Northern Martyrs", Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle