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- ↑ Louis Duchesne makes Constantius (517–529) the first historical bishop of Gap. Duchesne, Louis (1907). Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule: I. Provinces du Sud-Est. Paris: Fontemoing. pp. 285–286. second edition (in French).
- ↑ Diocese of Gap, France, GCatholic.org. [ self-published source ]
- ↑ Joseph Hyacinthe Albanès; Ulysse Chevalier (editor) (1899), Gallia christiana novissima. Histoire des archevêchés, évêques et abbayes de France d'après les documents authentiques recueillis dans les registres du Vatican et les archives locales, (Montbéliard: Société anonyme d'imprimerie montbéliardaise), pp. 448–449.
- ↑ Martyrologicum Hieronymianum, p. 17 (ed. De Rossi and Duchesne) in: Acta Sanctorum Novembris Tomi II pars prior (Bruxelles 1894), p. 17.
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