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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 J. Corblet, Hagiographie du diocèse d'Amiens, III, Parijs - Amiens, 1873, p. 224.
- 1 2 3 art. Martin of Arades, in The Benedictine Monks of St. Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate (edd.), The Book of Saints. A Dictionary of Servants of God canonized by the Catholic Church, New York, 19474, p. 403; November 26. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome, OrthodoxEngland.org.uk
- ↑ J. Corblet, Hagiographie du diocèse d'Amiens, III, Paris - Amiens, 1873, pp. 224-225.
- ↑ M. Bunson - M. Bunson - S. Bunson, Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, Huntington, 1998, p. 404.
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