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Also Known As Peter Waldo • Peter Valdo
Died c.1205
Founder Poor • Waldenses
Notable Works “Profession of Faith”
Bossuet, detail of an oil painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud, 1698; in the Uffizi, Florence
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
French bishop
Bourdaloue, Louis
Louis Bourdaloue
French priest
Fra Bartolomeo: portrait of Girolamo Savonarola
Girolamo Savonarola
Italian preacher
St. Dominic
St. Dominic
Spanish priest
John Milíč
Bohemian theologian
St. John of Ávila
Spanish religious reformer
Guillaume Farel.
Guillaume Farel
French religious leader
Antoine Court
French minister
Peter the Hermit
Peter the Hermit
French ascetic
Adolphe-Théodore Monod, lithograph by Étienne Rey.
Adolphe-Théodore Monod
French clergyman
Orchard, William Edwin
William Edwin Orchard
British priest
Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
Catherine Arnauld
French nun
Saint Benedict of Aniane
French bishop
Henri Arnauld
French bishop
Antoine Arnauld
French lawyer
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: painting of Joan of Arc
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Marcel
French philosopher and author
The Red Eminence
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist