The Cathar Martyrs
Villerouge-Termenez
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Chateau Villerouge-Termenez
This
fortified town was the site of the capture and burning of the last know
Cathar Parfait in Languedoc in 1231. Guillaume Belibaste had
managed to escape from Carcassonne in 1309, he managed to lead others to
at least temporary freedom in Catalonia, but returned to the people of
the Languedoc, working as a shepherd and feigning marriage to avoid
capture.
  Eventually, in 1321 he was captured by the Holy Inquisition
and burnt at the stake.
 There is
a small castle with a museum commemorating his life and also the village
is of some interest to walk
around.
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