A neo-Manichaean sect that flourished in southern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
Albigenses (ălbĭjĕn`sēz) [Lat.,=people of Albi, one of their centers], religious sect of S France in the Middle Ages. Beliefs and Practices
The name of Bulgarians (Bougres) was also applied to the Albigenses, and they maintained an association with the similar Christian movement of the Bogomils ("Friends of God") of ...