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- ↑ Bishop Demetri Khoury, A Cloud of Witnesses: Saints and Martyrs from the Holy Land, page 628
- ↑ Patrum Nicaenorum nomina page 89 Archived 2013-07-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ He is listed as delegate 38 in the Latin version of the Patrum Nicaenorum nomina