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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forAlbanensesA mediaeval sect which derived its name from the diocese of Albi in Piedmont. It was a subdivision of the Cathari. The Albanenses had Manichaean leanings. They recognized two First Causes, a God of Light and a Prince of Darkness. Believing that God had not destined any creature to, destruction, they held it sinful to take the life of animals. There were different parties in the sect, headed respectively by Balazinansa, Bishop of Verona, and John de Lugio, Bishop of Bergamo. See J. H. Blunt. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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