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- ↑ Les Petits Bollandistes, dans La vie des saints, t.X, p.248-254.
- ↑ Martyrologe universel contenant le texte du Martyrologe romain..., Paris, 1709, chez Frédéric Léonard, impr. rue St Jacques à l'Ecu de Venise, p.663.
- ↑ Histoire de l'Église d'Autun, à Autun chez P.P. Dejussieu, 1774, p.506.
- ↑ Chronologie des saints, Paris, chez Jean de Nully rue Saint Jacques 1707, p.339.
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