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- ↑ Mitchell 1999, p. 195
- ↑ Fo, Dario. The First Miracle of the Infant Jesus, trans. Ed Emery, Oberon Books, London, 1990. Online version at http://www.geocities.ws/dariofoarchive/jesus.html Retrieved 5 August 2012.