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- ↑ Harmeling O.S.B., Deborah. "Tetta, 'Noble in Conduct' and Thecla, 'shining Like a Light in a Dark Place'", Medieval Women Monastics, (Miriam Schmitt, Linda Kulzer, eds) Liturgical Press, 1996 ISBN 9780814622926
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "St. Thecla". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company.
