Durand of Huesca
Spanish theologian
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| Intro | Spanish theologian | |
| Places | Spain | |
| was | Theologian | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Birth | 1160 | |
| Death | 1224 (aged 64 years) |
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Durand of Huesca (c. 1160 – 1224) was a Spanish Waldensian, who converted in 1207 to Catholicism. He became a Catholic theologian, author of a Liber Antihaeresis against the Cathars. He is attributed a role in founding the Poor Catholics, a preaching order and precursor of later mendicant orders.