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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
Portrait painting by Fra Bartolomeo of Girolamo Savonarola in profile, wearing a dark hooded robe, set against a black background with a Latin inscription below.
Girolamo Savonarola
Italian preacher
St. Dominic
St. Dominic
Spanish priest
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John Milíč
Bohemian theologian
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St. John of Ávila
Spanish religious reformer
Guillaume Farel.
Guillaume Farel
French religious leader
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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
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Melchior de Polignac
French clergyman and statesman
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Henri Arnauld
French bishop
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Catherine Arnauld
French nun
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Antoine Arnauld
French lawyer
Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her.
St. Joan of Arc
French heroine
Gabriel Marcel
Gabriel Marcel
French philosopher and author
Full-length portrait of Cardinal Richelieu by Philippe de Champaigne, showing him in red clerical robes holding a red book, standing beside a balustrade with a draped curtain behind.
Cardinal Richelieu
French cardinal and statesman
French philosopher Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
French philosopher and scientist
Henry IV, undated copperplate engraving.
Henry IV
king of France