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- ↑ Nicholas Orme, The Saints of Cornwall (Oxford University Press, 2000)page 133.
- ↑ Rice Rees, An essay on the Welsh saints or the primitive christians who were founders of churches in Wales. (Google eBook) (Longman, 1836)page 231.
- ↑ Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines.
- ↑ The Lives of British Saints Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine .
- ↑ Church of St Gwrhai, Penstrowed, Montgomeryshire Churches Survey.
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