971172 Flying Waldensians (engraving) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flying Waldensians. Illustration for Library of Universal History by Moses Coit Tyler (Peale & Hill, c1897). Digitally cleaned image. The Waldensians (also known variously as Waldenses , Vallenses, Valdesi or Vaudois) are a Christian movement and religious cultural group which originated in Lyons in the late 1170s; The Poor Men of Lyons; Peter Waldo preaching apostolic poverty as the way to perfection; in conflict with the Roman Catholic Church which declared them heretical; in 16th century embraced Protestant Reformation; ); 穢 Look and Learn.