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Valdese

Town in Burke County, west North Carolina; population (1990) 3,900. It is located 11 km/7 mi east of Morganton, in the Piedmont and the east foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was established in 1893 by a community of Provençal-speaking Waldensians, a Protestant group fleeing religious persecution in north Italy. Over time the inhabitants affiliated with American (Presbyterian) churches, and their farms and vineyards gave way to textile plants; knitwear is now an economic mainstay.
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The Valdesi retain an importance out of all proportion to their numbers, not least in a more ecumenical age when they have good relations with many Roman Catholic dioceses and even hear an occasional soundbite from their Moderator picked up by Vatican Radio.
Britain and Italy's Waldensian Church by Kernohan, R.D. / Contemporary Review
 
 
 
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