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- ↑ Dizionario biografico universal, By Gottardo Garollo, 1907, page 750.
- ↑ Itinerario di Roma, e delle sur vicinanze, by Antonio Nibby, page 42.
- ↑ Roma nell'anno 1838, by Antonio Nibby, page 731.
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