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3 days ago · Joan of Arc, national heroine of France, a peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years’ War. Captured a year afterward, Joan was burned to death as a heretic.
Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc ( French: Jeanne d'Arc [ʒan daʁk]; Middle French: Jehanne Darc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.
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- 16 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV
- 18 April 1909 by Pope Pius X
Nov 9, 2009 · Learn about the life and legacy of Joan of Arc, a pious peasant who led France to victory in the Hundred Years' War against England. Find out how she was captured, tried, burned at the stake and canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church. Discover her early life, siege of Orléans, capture of Joan of Arc and more.
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Apr 3, 2014 · Learn about the life, achievements and death of Joan of Arc, the French military leader and saint who fought against the English in the Hundred Years' War. Discover how she had mystical visions, led the French army to victory, and was burned at the stake as a heretic.
Mar 28, 2019 · Joan of Arc ( Jeanne D 'Arc, l. c. 1412-1431 CE) was a medieval peasant who, claiming to receive visions from God, turned the tide of the Hundred Years' War in favor of a French victory. She was famously martyrd for standing by her claim of divine inspiration and later canonized as a saint.
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Dec. 18, 1442, Rouen (aged 71) Pierre Cauchon (born 1371, near Reims, Fr.—died Dec. 18, 1442, Rouen) was a French bishop of Beauvais, an ecclesiastic memorable chiefly because he presided over the trial of Joan of Arc. Cauchon was educated at the University of Paris, of which he became rector in 1403.
A.-D. Ingres, 1854; in the Louvre Museum, Paris. 240 × 178 cm. Saint Joan of Arc, French Jeanne d’Arc, (born c. 1412 ce, Domrémy, Bar, France—died May 30, 1431, Rouen; canonized May 16, 1920; feast day May 30), French military heroine. She was a peasant girl who from an early age believed she heard the voices of Saints Michael, Catherine ...
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