Facts about France-Joan of Arc (the Maid of Orleans)

Today we will dedicate some time French national heroine Joan of Arc (the Maid of Orleans).
Joan of Arc was born on January 6th 1412 in Eastern France.She led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years War,claiming divine guidance.She was captured by the English,tried by an ecclesiastical court and burned at the stake when she was only nineteen years old.
Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination lat in the Hundred Years War.
In 1456,the Holy See reviewed the decision of the ecclesiastical court,found her innocent,and declared her a martyr.She was beatified in 1909 and later canonized in 1920.


Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc has remained an important figure throughout Western culture.From Napoleon to the present,French politicians of all leanings have invoked her memory.


Joan of Arc