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- 1 2 Gerald of Wales. Itinerarium Kambriae , II.i. Accessed 13 Feb 2013. (in Latin)
- 1 2 Evans, John & al. St David of Wales: Cult, Church, and Nation, p. 299. Boydell Press, 2007. Accessed 13 Feb 2013.
- ↑ The Annals of Wales (B Text), p. 10.
- 1 2 Phillimore, Egerton. Y Cymmrodor 9 (1888), pp. 141–83. (excerpt) (in Latin)
- ↑ Asser. Life of King Alfred , §79.
- ↑ Annales Cambriae [The Annals of Wales] (B text), p. 10. (in Latin)
- ↑ Latin : nobis archiepiscopum, propinquum meum... — Asserius. De rebus gestis Ælfredi ("Life of King Alfred"), §79. Accessed 13 Feb 2013. (in Latin)
- ↑ Brut y Tywysogion, p. 13.
- ↑ Welsh : Oed Crist 840, y bu farw esgob Mynyw. —Brut, p. 12. (in Welsh)
- ↑ Brut, p. 15.
- ↑ Welsh : Oed Crist 871, bu farw Einion Fonheddig escob Mynyw... —Brut, p. 14. (in Welsh)
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