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- ↑ St. Armentarius Catholic Online
- ↑ The book of saints : a dictionary of servants of God canonised by the Catholic Church : extracted from the Roman & other martyrologies. Whitefish, MT: Kessinger Publishing. 2001. p. 31. ISBN 9780766172692.[ permanent dead link ]
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