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- 1 2 Stefano Antonio Morcelli, Africa christiana, Volume I, Brescia 1816, p. 316
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2013, ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), p. 999
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