The Waldenses, or Waldensians, were also known as the Poor of Lyons. As early as 1199, the bishop of Metz, in northeastern France, complained to Pope Innocent III that individuals were reading and discussing the Bible in the vernacular.
वॉल्देन्सेस किंवा वॉल्देन्सियन लोकांना पूअर ऑफ लायॉन्स (लायॉन्सचे गरीब) या नावानेही ओळखले जात होते.