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- ↑ cite web |url=https://donbosco.org.ar/uploads/recursos/recursos_archivos_1862_724.pdf
- ↑ Nanni, C. (2003). Il Sistema Preventivo di Don Bosco. Elledici. p. 7.
- ↑ Lemoyne, Giovanni Battista (1965). The Biographical Memoirs of Saint John Bosco. Salesiana Publisher, INC.
