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Group: Magonsæte, minor sub-Kingdom of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia

Durand of Huesca, one of Peter Waldo's …

Years: 1208 - 1208

Durand of Huesca, one of Peter Waldo's early companions, had converted to Catholicism after debating with Bishop Diego and Dominic.

Durand later went to Rome where he professed the Catholic faith to Innocent III.

Innocent gives him permission to establish the Poor Catholics, a mendicant order, which continues the Waldensian preaching mission against the Cathars.

Recruits are taken from the Pauperes Lugdunenses (the original name of the Waldensians); the distinguishing name is given by Pope Innocent III. (The Franciscans and Dominicans, both of which form in this era, will later supplant the Poor Catholics.)