Ancient, Based Vaudois/Waldensian pastor Claudius, who also was one of Emperor Louis Le Debonair's (Son Charls the Great') "chief Counfellors [Counsellors]" was alive & active in 794 AD and preached against Roman Catholicism from 815AD throughout the rest of his life in the Valley of the Piedmont and in Turin, Italy (The history of the Evangelical churches of the valleys of Piemont : containing a most exact geographical description of the place, and a faithfull account of the doctrine, life, and persecutions of the ancient inhabitants, Book I, Chapter III, Pages 10-11) https://archive.org/details/historyofevangel00morl/page/n87/mode/2up