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- ↑ "100 years of T'Adoriam Ostia Divina". The Malta Independent. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ↑ Corrupted to "ħewwa" (kindness/meekness) in some printed editions
- ↑ Corrupted to "Inti s-saħħa tal-fqajrin" in some printed forms. Source
- ↑ Corrupted to "qawwa" (might, strength) in some printed versions. Source.
- ↑ Corrupted to "għaxqa" (delight) in some printed versions. "Għaxja" is an evening meal. Source.
- ↑ The surname is sometimes standardized as "Sammut", but the Anglicised version "Samut" is found in his published works.
