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The Waldensians were influences to the Zwickau Prophets who came out in support of believer's baptism. [83] The Waldensians also influenced some in the Bohemian reformation, especially Petr Chelčický. [84] Petr Chelčický was influenced by the Waldensians very early in his life, as there existed Waldensian congregations in the area of his ...
Peter Waldo is regarded by many historians, including Jana Schulman, as having founded the Waldensians sometime between 1170 and 1177. [6] [7] [4]There were claims that the Waldensians predated Peter Waldo.
The Poor Catholics (Pauperes Catholici) were an early Catholic mendicant order, organized in 1208 and of short duration. Recruits were taken from the Pauperes Lugdunenses (the original name of the Waldensians); the distinguishing name was given by Pope Innocent III.
About 2,000 Waldensians were killed in the fighting or massacred afterwards, almost all others were taken prisoner and abducted to Turin. Some 3,000 survivors, mostly children, were forcibly converted to Catholicism through baptism and placed in Catholic homes. The remainder of about 8,500 prisoners were incarcerated in several fortresses.
Massacre of the Waldensians of Mérindol in 1545 as imagined by Gustave Dore (1832-1883). The Mérindol massacre took place in 1545, when Francis I of France ordered the Waldensians of the village of Mérindol to be punished for heresy. Provençal and papal soldiers killed hundreds or even thousands of Waldensian villagers.
Biography portal; Christianity portal; Henri Arnaud (July 15, 1643 (and not 1641 [1]), Embrun, Hautes-Alpes – September 8, 1721) was a pastor of the Waldensians in Piedmont, who turned soldier in order to protect his co-religionists from persecution at the hands of Victor Amadeus II the Duke of Savoy.
On 18 August, the Pinerolo Declaration of Mercy was issued, which constituted a peace treaty between Charles Emmanuel II and the Waldensians. [1] Estimates of how many Waldensians were killed during the Piedmontese Easter vary widely, including "more than a thousand", [8] "4,000 to 6,000", [1] and "6,000". [3]
The Waldensians were defeated in the Valle Germanasca on 10 May, [4] and Janavel was forced into exile, settling in Queyras. [5] Notwithstanding threats against his family and a bounty of three hundred ducats on his head, Janavel soon returned to reorganize the Waldensian insurgents, together with Barthelemy Jahier .