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References
- ↑ Cassar Pullicino, Joseph (October–December 1949). "The Order of St. John in Maltese folk-memory" (PDF). Scientia. 15 (4): 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2016.
- ↑ Pullicino, Mark (2013). The Obama Tribe Explorer, James Martin's Biography. MPI Publishing. p. 74. ISBN 978-99957-0-584-8. OCLC 870266285.
- ↑ "A hospitable lot! Our surname spotlight series turns to Spiteri".
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