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- 1 2 3 Vernarecci (1872), p. 20.
- ↑ Lupieri (2003), p. 26.
- ↑ Vernarecci (1872), p. 21.
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- Lupieri, Edmondo F. (1 December 2003). "Friar of Ignatius of Jesus (Carlo Leonelli) and the First Scholarly book on Mandaeaism (1652)". ARAM Periodical. 16. Peeters Publishers: 25–46. doi:10.2143/aram.16.0.504670.
- Augusto Vernarecci (1872). Dizionario biografico degli nomini illustri di Fossombrone [Biographical dictionary of the illustrious names of Fossombrone]. Monacelli.
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