joan of arc

Joan of Arc or in French Jeanne d'Arc, was born in 1412. She was a French peasant girl who led the French army against the English during the Hundred Years' War. She is also called the Maid of Orleans. She is a French national heroine and patron saint. When Joan was about 13 years old she began to hear voices which some believe were those of Saint Catherine, Saint Margaret, and Saint Michael. The voices gave her …

…rescue her. Due to confusion at the scene, it is questionable whether the sentence of death was actually pronounced before the soldiers set the fire. This was another violation of minimal due process. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake on May 30, 1431 at the age of nineteen. Twenty-five years latter in 1456 a second trail was held and she was pronounced innocent. She was also beatified in 1909 and latter canonized by Pope Benedict XV in 1920.