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Key facts
- Born
- c. 1140, Possibly Lyon , France
- Died
- c. 1205 (age about 65), Piedmont , Italy , Holy Roman Empire
- Occupations
- Spiritual leader, theologian, merchant
- Tradition or movement
- Waldensian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Burgundy
- Place of birth
- Lyon
- Languages spoken
- Occitan
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Field of work
- Bible translation
- Image
- Worms Lutherdenkmal Petrus Waldus 2012-02-21-18-24-52.jpg
- Work location
- Lyon
- Convicted of
- heresy
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- date of birth
- 1140-00-00
- date of death
- 1205-00-00
- lifestyle
- mysticism
- name in native language
- Pierre de Vaux
- Commons category
- Peter Waldo
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Encyclopedic overview
Peter Waldo (/ˈwɔːldoʊ, ˈwɒl-/; also Valdo, Valdes, Waldes; French: Pierre Vaudès, de Vaux; Latin: Petrus Waldus, Valdus; c. 1140 – c. 1205) was a French merchant and later preacher who founded Waldensianism (then called the "Poor of Lyon"), a mendicant ascetic sect which separated from the Roman Catholic Church.
The tradition that his first name was "Peter" can only be traced back to the fourteenth century. This has caused some historians, such as Jana Schulman, to see it as likely a later invention. He is considered a Proto-Protestant.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Peter Waldo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.