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- ↑ Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1)
- ↑ Cf. Glossary of Catholic Terms, p. 7 Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
