"...on March 11, 1837, though one year shy of the sacerdotal canonical age, he was ordained a priest in San Lorenzo Cathedral in Viterbo by Archbishop (later Cardinal) Gaspar Bernard Pianetti of that
city." Mission West: The Western Dominican Province 1850-1966, 1995, Western Dominican Province Oakland, California, Archived copy (PDF), su opwest.org. URL consultato il 22 maggio 2014 (archiviato dall'url originale il 22 maggio 2014). Consultato il 21 maggio 2014
"Upon the completion of his studies, he was awarded the degree of Lectorate in Theology at the Minerva, one of the venerable centers of Dominican life and culture."Mission West: The Western Dominican Province 1850-1966, 1995, Western Dominican Province Oakland, California, Archived copy (PDF), su opwest.org. URL consultato il 22 maggio 2014 (archiviato dall'url originale il 22 maggio 2014). Consultato il 21 maggio 2014
Diocesan History (archiviato dall'url originale il 28 giugno 2006).
