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- ↑ (in German) Friedhelm Jürgensmeier: Das Bistum Mainz. Von der Römerzeit bis zum II. Vatikanischen Konzil. S. 14; Hans Werner Nopper, Die vorbonifatianischen Mainzer Bischöfe, S. 49.
- ↑ (in German) Eugen Ewig: Die ältesten Mainzer Patrozinien und die Frühgeschichte des Bistums Mainz. S. 160.
- ↑ Acta Sanctorum Juni IV, 63, 8 F (Text).
- ↑ Feast days of the Diocese of Mainz.
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