Piedmontese Easter
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The Piedmontese Easter was a series of massacres of Waldensians by Savoyard troops in the Duchy of Savoy in 1655.
Burning of the Waldensians
A young woman, said by the artist to be Anna, the daughter of Giovanni Charboniere of La Torre, being impaled by Savoyan soldiers.
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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
Piedmontese Easter
…This caused a mass exodus of Waldensian refugees to the Valley of Perosa (Pérouse), and led to the formation of rebel groups under the leadership of Joshua Janavel, Jean Léger and Bartolomeo Jahier, whilst several states including England, France, German states, and the Protestant cantons of Switzerland attempted…
1895 portrait of Joshua Janavel.