Joshua Janavel
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Joshua Janavel, also written Giosuè Gianavello was an Italian condottiero and defender of the Waldensian Evangelical Church. He was involved in the Piedmontese Easter of 1655, and in the Glorious Home
1895 portrait of Joshua Janavel.
Victor Amadeus II
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Victor Amadeus II was the head of the House of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 12 June 1675 until his abdication in 1730. He was the first of his house to acquire a royal crown, ruling fir
Joshua Janavel
…at least two clandestine visits to his native country. In 1686, Janavel was joined by a fresh wave of Waldensian refugees fleeing the persecutions of Victor Amadeus II of Savoy. Together they began actively planning a mass return of Waldensians, which took the form of the Glorious Homecoming of 1689. By this time…
Portrait by Martin van Meytens (1728, Palace of Venaria)
Victor Amadeus by Jacob Ferdinand Voet c. 1673
Victor Amadeus in 1706; during the Siege of Turin
Victor Amadeus in his later years