evidence that Peter Waldo or any other later religious figures were directly influenced by Peter of Bruys. His low view of the Old Testament and the New Testament epistles was not shared by later Protestant figures such as Martin Luther or John Smyth. However, Peter is considered a forerunner of the Protestant Reformation by some evangelical Protestants and Anabaptists. References Year of birth unknown 1130s deaths 12th-century French Roman Catholic priests 12th-century Christian mystics Deaths from fire Christian radicalism French Christian mystics Heresy in Christianity in the Middle Ages History of Catholicism in France Laicized Roman Catholic priests Medieval French theologians Persecution of Christian heretics Roman Catholic mystics