He sent a delegation to Pope Alexander III, who refused to legitimize his teachings, which were shortly thereafter condemned at the Council of Verona by Pope Lucius III.
As described in the book De Nugis Curialium, one of this man's most loyal followers was questioned by Walter Map, and ridiculed when he claimed that he believed in the mother of Christ, because it was not proper to profess belief in a non-member of the Trinity. An anonymous chronicle says this man repented his sins after hearing a sermon about how St. Alexius died a blessed death, though the account of his conversion by Stephen of Bourbon does not tell that story. He sent a delegation to Pope Alexander III, who refused to legitimize his teachings, which were shortly thereafter condemned at the Council of Verona by Pope Lucius III. This man's followers were often called Sabotiers or Insabbatati for their habit of wearing wooden shoes, though they called themselves the "Poor Men of Lyon," and they preached as peddlers in the Provencál dialect. For 10 points, name this wealthy merchant who became a beggar, and founded a namesake religious sect that co-existed with the Cathars in southern France.
As described in the book De Nugis Curialium, one of this man's most loyal followers was questioned by Walter Map, and ridiculed when he claimed that he believed in the mother of Christ, because it was not proper to profess belief in a non-member of the Trinity.
Peter Waldo [or Peter Valdo; or Peter Valdes; or Peter Valdesius; or Peter Waldes; or Pierre Vaudés; or Pierre de Vaux]