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References
- ↑ Christof Sand, Nucleus historiae ecclesiasticae P 427, Nicolai, 1676
- ↑ Robert Wallace, Antitrinitarian Biography: or, Sketches of the lives and writings of distinguished Antitrinitarians; Vol. 2, Art 29, London, 1850.
- ↑ "John Foxe's Book of Martyrs". Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
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