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- ↑ "NGL Workshop". St. Michael Amberg. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
- 1 2 Weil der Himmel uns braucht. Dehm Verlag. 2009. ISBN 978-3-7840-3432-4.
- ↑ Reulein, Peter; Schlegel, Helmut (2016). Laudato si' / Ein franziskanisches Magnificat. Limburg an der Lahn: Dehm Verlag. p. 230. ISBN 978-3-943302-34-9. ISMN 979-0-50226-047-7.
