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- ↑ Pulsiano, Phillip; Wolf, Kirsten (1993). Medieval Scandinavia: an encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-8240-4787-0.
- ↑ Pfatteicher, Phillip (1980). Festivals and Commemorations. Augsburg Fortress. ISBN 978-0-8066-1757-2.
- ↑ DuBois, Thomas Andrew (2007). Sanctity in the North: Saints, Lives, and Cults in Medieval Scandinavia. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-9410-0.
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