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little is known with certainty about the reputed founder, Valdes (also called Peter Waldo, or Valdo). As a layman, Valdes preached (1170–76) in Lyon, France
The real founder of the sect was a wealthy merchant of Lyon who in the early documents is called Waldes (Waldo)…On the feast of the Assumption, 1176, he disposed of the last of his earthly possessions and shortly after took the vow of poverty.