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- ↑ "Furno Card. Carlo". Holy See Press Office. 27 June 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ↑ "L'addio al cardinale Lorenzo Antonetti". La Stampa (in Italian). 10 April 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
- ↑ "Papal Legate Named for 2 Assisi Churches". Zenit. 1 March 2006. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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- ↑ "Italy: Cardinal Vallini Appointed Papal Legate to Papal Basilicas of Assisi". Zenit. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
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