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- ↑ Répertoires des évêques missionnaires bretons. Presses universitaires de Rennes. February 25, 2015. pp. 263–270 – via OpenEdition Books.
- ↑ "Cent ans chez les Papous" (PDF). excerpts.numilog.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.