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References
- ↑ Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
- ↑ Monks of Ramsgate. "Crescens, Dioscorides, Paul and Helladius". Book of Saints 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 October 2012
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . - ↑ Janos, S. "The Holy Martyrs Crescentius, Paul and Dioscorides", Holy Trinity Orthodox Church
- ↑ Saavedra, Mauricio. The Church of Smyrna: History and Theology of a Primitive Christian Community Peter Lang, 2015, p. 199, ISBN 978-3631662359
- ↑ The Roman and British Martyrology: Dublin, O'Neill, 1846. p. 167
- ↑ "The Twenty-eighth Day of May", The Martyrology of the Sacred Order of Friars Preachers (W.R. Bonniwell O.P., trans.) The Newman Press, Westminster, Maryland. 1998, p. 111
