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- ↑ Werner Verbeke; D. Verhelst; Andries Welkenhuysen (1 January 1988). The Use and Abuse of Eschatology in the Middle Ages. Leuven University Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-90-6186-259-8.
- ↑ Marjorie Reeves (1976). Joachim of Fiore and the Prophetic Future. SPCK. pp. 69–70. ISBN 0-281-02887-7.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Telesphorus of Cosenza". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company. cites: - Franz Kampers , Kaiserprophetien u. Kaisersagen (Munich, 1896), 235 sq.;
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