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- 1 2 "Official announcement by the Rector Major Cause of Beatification and Canonisation of Bishop Giuseppe Cognata" (Press release). Rome: Agenzia Notizie Salesiane. 19 April 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
- ↑ "False accuse di molestie, il calvario di un vescovo". Gazzetta del Sud (in Italian). 3 May 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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