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- ↑ "Saint Joaquina Vedruna Vidal de Mas". CatholicSaints.Info. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
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- ↑ Foley OFM, Leonard, "St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin", Saint of the Day:Lives, Lessons, and Feast, (revised by Pat McCloskey OFM), Franciscan Media Archived 2002-12-31 at the Wayback Machine ISBN 978-0-86716-887-7
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- ↑ "CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » Saint Antony Mary Pucci" . Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ↑ "CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » Saint Francis Mary of Camporosso" . Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ↑ "CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » Saint Peter Julian Eymund" . Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ↑ "CatholicSaints.Info » Blog Archive » Saint Vincent Pallotti" . Retrieved 2024-03-10.