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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.
The St. Joan of Arc Chapel at the Marquette University campus, moved from its original location in France. Joan of Arc's feast day is 30 May. Although reforms in 1968 moved many medieval European saints' days off the general calendar in order to make room for more non-Europeans, her feast day is still celebrated on many local and regional ...
Saint Joan of Arc by Bishop Pierre Cauchon on 30 May 1431 (even though he allowed her Holy Communion before her immolation). She was fully reconciled to the Catholic Church at her Trial of Nullification in 1456. Antipope Felix V and his followers by Pope Eugene IV at the Council of Florence on 23 March 1440. [60]
1429: Joan of Arc breaks the siege of Orléans. The Dauphin is crowned King of France at Reims. 1430: Joan is captured by the Burgundians and later sold to the English. 1431: Joan of Arc tried and executed. 1435: Burgundy switches sides, signing the Treaty of Arras. 1449: The French recapture Rouen.
Eighteen years after Joan of Arc’s execution, an ecclesiastical tribunal initiated a retrial at the request of Charles VII. The tribunal declared that the judgement of the original trial was not valid because it was biased and had not followed proper procedure. [17] On May 16, 1920, Pope Benedict XV canonized Joan of Arc as a Saint.
More than 600 years after her birth, Joan of Arc — a patron saint of France — remains an object of not just historical, but cultural fascination.
In celebration of Saint Joan’s 607th birthday, CR revisits her story as an icon of faith in oneself
Joan of Arc broke her sword on the back of a camp follower. [17] Two days later the Dauphin ordered a march to the city of the coronation : the march began at Gien on 29 June 1429. The ease of the march showed both the fragility of the Anglo-Burgundian rule and the restoration of confidence in the cause of Charles VII of France.