Arnaud Vital was a cobbler in the Comté de Foix in the early fourteenth century.
He is notable for appearing in Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's Montaillou.
Arnaud was a committed Albigensian and spent much time guiding parfaits through the mountains.
At one point he tried to force himself upon Raymonde Testanière, mistress to Bernard Belot, but she resisted him.
His marriage was unhappy, however, he ignored his wife and continued to philander with women such as Raymonde Rives and Alazaïs Gavela.