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- ↑ "Lives of Saints :: Abib 9". CopticChurch.net. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- General
- Meinardus, Otto F.A. (2002). Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-757-6.
- Atiya, Aziz S. The Coptic Encyclopedia . New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1991. ISBN 0-02-897025-X
