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- ↑ (in Italian) Mariano Guardabassi, Indice-Guida dei Monumenti dell' Umbria, édition G. Boncompagni & Co, Pérouse, 1872
- ↑ (in Italian) Umberto Gnoli, Pietro Perugino, publication Claudio Argentieri, Spoleto,1923
- ↑ Fernando Corgna, Monteleone d'Orvieto: Storia del paese, delle Chiese e della vita sociale e religiosa, comune di Monteleone d'Orvieto, 2004
