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John of Ravenna may refer to:
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- ↑ “Saint John Angeloptes“. CatholicSaints.Info. 18 November 2016. Web. 3 December 2024. <https://catholicsaints.info/saint-john-angeloptes/>
- ↑ "Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome". www.orthodoxengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-03.
- ↑ Hodgkin, Thomas (1892). "Bishops and Churches of Ravenna". Italy and Her Invaders. Vol. I: The Visigothic Invasion. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 899–917.