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References
- ↑ Turun piispat (n.1157–1817) sekä Turun ja Suomen arkkipiispat (1817–) Archived 11 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine . Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. Retrieved 10-11-2007. (in Finnish).
