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Joan of Arc
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Painting, c. 1485. An artist's interpretation, since the only known direct portrait has not survived. (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris, AE II 2490)
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| Born | 6 January c. 1412[1] Domrémy, Duchy of Bar,France[2] |
| Died | 30 May 1431 (aged approx. 19) Rouen, Normandy (then under English rule) |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion[3] |
| Beatified | 18 April 1909, Notre Dame de Paris by Pope Pius X |
| Canonized | 16 May 1920, St. Peter's Basilica, Rome by Pope Benedict XV |
| Feast | 30 May |
| Patronage | France; martyrs; captives; military personnel; people ridiculed for their piety; prisoners; soldiers, women who have served in theWAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service); and Women's Army Corps |
Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc,[4] IPA: [ʒan daʁk]; 6 January c. 1412[5] – 30 May 1431), nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (French: La Pucelle d'Orléans) is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War, and was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint. Joan of Arc was born to Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle, a peasant family, at Domrémy in north-east France. Joan said she received visions of the Archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine instructing her to support Charles VII and recover France from English domination late in the Hundred Years' War. The uncrowned King Charles VII sent Joan to thesiege of Orléans as part of a relief mission. She gained prominence after the siege was lifted only nine days later. Several additional swift victories led to Charles VII's coronation at Reims. This long-awaited event boosted French morale and paved the way for the final French victory.
On 23 May 1430, she was captured at Compiègne by the Burgundian faction which was allied with the English. She was later handed over to the English,[6] and then put on trial by the pro-English Bishop of Beauvais Pierre Cauchon on a variety of charges.[7] After Cauchon declared her guilty she was burned at the stake on 30 May 1431, dying at about nineteen years of age.[8]
Twenty-five years after her execution, an inquisitorial court authorized by Pope Callixtus III examined the trial, debunked the charges against her, pronounced her innocent, and declared her a martyr.[8] In the 16th century she became a symbol of the Catholic League, and in 1803 she was declared a national symbol of France by the decision of Napoleon Bonaparte.[9] She was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. Joan of Arc is one of the nine secondary patron saints of France, along with St. Denis, St. Martin of Tours, St. Louis, St. Michael, St. Remi,St. Petronilla, St. Radegund and St. Thérèse of Lisieux.
Joan of Arc has remained a popular figure in literature, painting, sculpture, and other cultural works since the time of her death, and many famous writers, filmmakers and composers have created works about her. Cultural depictions of her have continued in films, theater, television, video games, music, and performances to this day.
Contents
[hide]- 1Background
- 2Life
- 3Posthumous events
- 4Canonization
- 5Legacy
- 6Visions
- 7Alleged relics disproven
- 8Revisionist theories
- 9See also
- 10Footnotes
- 11References
- 12Further reading
- 13External links
The vision Joan of Arc had is given to us all today. Some people that is given this vision is always diagnose with a mental illness. I am very irritated with the fact we all get parinoid with the mystery of the unknown. Then we take drastic action against that person that is given vision. It is important that we don't be this way because these is God giving us what we need when we need it.
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