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 194 ^'^^^^• frequented fairs and obtained entrance into houses where they 2no opportunity of scattering the -«<l/^.*^lf ,tto hTthe ^e of zeal and courage, the Catharan beheved his faith to be he re- ligion of the future, and his ardor courted martyrdom m the ef^ fort to spread it everywhere. Milan was the headquarters whither every yelr delegate's were sent from the churches throughou Sendom,brilgingcontributionsfor the supportof h^^^^^^^^^ organization, and receiving instructions as to the ^^--^-^^^11^^ eviy twelvemonth, whereby the wandermg Patarm ^o^ld recog^^ ^ze the houses of his brethren and safely claim hospitality. It was "n that, in 1212, Innocent III. warned the heretical city Tf "he f Ite of La;guedoc, and threatened to send a -•!- ~de for its extirpation. Fortunately for the Lombards he had no one o summon to their destruction, for Germany, however desirous of conquering Italy, was too distracted for such an enterprise, and the p'pes dr!aded imperial domination quite as much as heresy. There was bitter irony in the reply of Frederic II., when, in 1236, he was Jubduing the rebeUious Lombards, and he answered the clamor of Gregory IX., who called upon him to transfer his arms Xrl by siting oilt that the Milanese were much worse than Saracens, and their subjugation much more "^P^rtaf We have no means of obtaining an approximate estimate ot the Waldenses, but in some districts they must have been almost Is nlerous a^ the Cathari. The remains of the Ar-ld.J ^^^ TTmiliati had eagerly welcomed the missionaries of the Poor Men of t; ns "nd hid not only adopted their tenets, but had pushed them'to ; further development in -^^f ^^.^.^f ^;:^ ' Poor M^n as 1206 we see Innocent III. alluding to Umihati and Poor Men o? Lvons as synonymous expressions, and endeavoring with little suc^Lsto effect tLr expuLn from Faenza, where they were siding and infecting the people. In Milan they had built a Tool Sere they publicly taught their doctrines ; this was at length torn down by a zealous -^^'^^'^^^^f ^eTol^.l^^ Dufan de Huesca sought to bring them back. f;!^; ^ j*^^^^^^^ dred or more of them consented to be reconciled if the buddm, ^ • i<><<fi « 298- ann 1243, pp. 412-13 (Ed. 1644).-Trithcm. . Matt Pans, ann 1236, p^293 - -- ^ PP ^^ ^^^ ^g^.^ Diplom. Frid. Chron. Hirsaug. ann. 1230.— Idboc. rr. ixx. » n. T. IV. p. 881.