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- 1 2 3 4 Kirsch (1911).
- ↑ Philip R. Amidon, appendix 6.10 to Philostorgius, Church History.
- ↑ Ambrose, De Virg., III, 7, 33.
- ↑ Chrysostom, Hom. in Matth. lxvii. (in Latin)
- ↑ Wright's Syriac Martyrology.
- ↑ Greek Synaxarion.
- ↑ Butler (1866), "8 October: St. Pelagia, Penitent".
Bibliography
- Butler, Alban (1866), The Lives of the Saints, Vol. X: October.
- Kirsch, Johann Peter (1911), , Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, Vol. 11, New York: Robert Appleton Co.
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