Dominican Inquisitor. Murdered by Waldensians in 1374.
Saint of the Day Quote: Blessed Anthony Pavoni
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
The Waldenses are always pictured in Protestant, Anti-Catholic propaganda as poor, persecuted saints. This certainly shows that idea to be a lie!
Heresy was usually associated with radical social movements in the Middle Ages and the Waldenses were no exception to that general rule.