Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc Joan was born to a peasant family in Domremy (now Domremy-la-Pucelle). When she was 13 years old, she believed she heard celestial voices. As they continued, sometimes accompanied by visions, she became convinced that they belonged to St. Michael and to the early martyrs St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Margaret. Early in 1429, during the Hundred Years War, when the English were about to capture Orleans, the “voices” told her to help the …showed first 75 words of 375 total…

…showed last 75 words of 375 total…masculine dress after returning to jail, she was condemned again-this time by a secular court-and on May 30, 1431; Joan was burned at the stake in the Old Market Square at Rouen as a relapsed misbeliever. Twenty-five years later after her death, the church retried her case, and she was pronounced innocent. In 1920, POPE BENEDICT XV blessed her; her traditional feast day is May 30. Until today, Joan of Arc has been widely illustrated in literature and art.