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- 1 2 "SS. Didymus and Theodora, Martyrs. April 28. Rev. Alban Butler. 1866. Volume IV: April. The Lives of the Saints". www.bartleby.com. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- 1 2 "Virginmartyr Theodora of Alexandria". oca.org. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ↑ Monks of Ramsgate. "Theodora and Didymus". Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 12 November 2017
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . - ↑ Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001, ISBN 88-209-7210-7
- ↑ Hunter, Michael; Davis, Edward B. (2000). The Works of Robert Boyle. London: Pickering & Chatto. pp. xiii.
- ↑ Tilden, Imogen (2012-08-27). "How we made: Peter Sellars and William Christie on Theodora". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ↑ "Alexander and Antonina the Martyrs", Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
- ↑ "Quarto die Maii" [The Fourth Day of May]. Martyrologium Romanum[The Roman Martyrology]. Gregory XIII, Pope. 1914 [1749]. p. 127. ISBN 9781497350298.
