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- ↑ St. Mewan of Brittany, Abbot Retrieved 2015-12-19
- 1 2 "Mewan", The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, 5th ed. (David Farmer, ed.) OUP, 2011 ISBN 9780199596607
- 1 2 Doble, G. H. (1970) The Saints of Cornwall: part 5. Truro: Dean and Chapter; pp. 35-58
- ↑ Jankulak, Karen "SS Mewan and Austol", Saints' Cults in the Celtic World, Vol. 25 (Stephen I. Boardman, John Reuben Davies, Eila Williamson, eds.) Boydell Press, 2009, p. 113 ISBN 9781843838456
- ↑ Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
- ↑ Base Mérimée : Abbaye Saint-Méen (Saint-Méen-le-Grand) , Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
