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- ↑ "Announcement-new-praeses – Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies". 11 May 2021.
- ↑ "Richard Alway Appointed Head of Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies" [ permanent dead link ], University of Toronto, June 23, 2008