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- ↑ Pius Bonifacius Gams, Series episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, (Leipzig, 1931), p. 466.
- ↑ Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, (Brescia, 1816), p. 211.
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819–1013
- ↑ Cheney, David M. "Maiuca (Titular See) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
- ↑ Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 147, Additions/Corrections (front)
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