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Most of the Cathari, however, remained among the "believers," free to live ordinary lives in the world in the hope of salvation without the rigor of living as a "perfect."

From Time Magazine Archive

In Lombardy and the Marches there were about five hundred perfected Cathari of the Albanensian sect, more than fifteen hundred Concorrezenses, and about two hundred Bajolenses.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

The Cathari, it will be remembered, made their appearance in the first half of the eleventh century, at Monforte, in Lombardy, and they had continued to multiply since then.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

The Cathari continued to multiply under the avowed protection of Stephen and his magnates.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

The burgesses of his cities, independent and intractable, were for the most part Cathari.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume I by Lea, Henry Charles