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To provide a phosphor having a broad emission spectrum with a peak in the range from yellow color to red color (wavelength from 570 nm to 620 nm), having a flat excitation band with large area on the long wavelength side from near ultraviolet/ultraviolet to green color (wavelength from 250 nm to 550 nm), and excellent in emission intensity and luminance, and a method of manufacturing the same, and also a light source such as white LED using the phosphor. As raw materials, Ca 3 N 2 (2N), AlN(3N), Si 3 N 4 (3N), and Eu 2 O 3 (3N) are prepared, and out of each raw material, 0.950/3 mol of Ca 3 N 2 , 2 mol of AlN, 4/3 mol of Si 3 N 4 , and 0.050/2 mol of Eu 2 O 3 are weighed, and the raw materials thus weighed are mixed by using a mortar. The raw materials thus mixed are put in a BN crucible, and retained/fired for 3 hours at 1700° C. in a nitrogen atmosphere, and thereafter cooled from 1700° C. to 200° C., to thereby obtain the phosphor expressed by a composition formulan nCa 0.950 Al 2 Si 4 O 0.075 N 7.917 :Eu 0.050 . |