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This article incorporates public domain material from McClintock, John; Strong, James (1867–1887). Cyclopædia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature . Harper and Brothers.
- Alessandro Pratesi, «BALBI, Giovanni (Iohannes Balbus, de Balbis, de Ianua)». In: Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , Volume 5, Roma: Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1963
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "John of Genoa". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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