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- ↑ Bernard Berthod, Jacqueline Boucher, Bruno Galland, Régis Ladous et André Pelletier, Archevêques de Lyon, (Lyon, éditions Lyonnaises d'Art et d'Histoire, 2012) p191.
- ↑ Jacques Gadille (dir.), René Fédou, Henri Hours et Bernard de Vregille, Le diocèse de Lyon, Paris, Beauchesne, coll. « Histoire des diocèses de France » (no 16), 1983, p20.
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