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- ↑ "The 102nd Pope", Spirituality.org, Diocese of Bridgeport [ better source needed ]
- ↑ Piers Paul Read (31 Dec 2012). The Templars. Hachette UK. p. iv. ISBN 9781780225982.[ better source needed ]
- ↑ Paul Collins (4 Mar 2014). The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France, and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century (illustrated, reprint ed.). PublicAffairs. pp. 46–7. ISBN 9781610393683.
- ↑ Sergius II
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pope Sergius II". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
