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- ↑ Schaefer, Francis. "Haito." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 28 December 2022
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . - ↑ Fried 2016, p. 138.
