Thursday, May 30, 2013

Name That Saint

Born in Domremy, France in 1412.

An illiterate peasant girl.

From the age of 13, she heard the saints talking to her and telling her to fight against the English who were invading French lands and then claiming the French throne.

Lead an army against the English.

Had Charles VIII crowned at Rheims.

Betrayed and accused of being a heretic.

Found guilty and burned at the stake in Rouen.  (in the market place next to the smelly public toilets just down the street from McDonald’s)

Her conviction was annulled in 1455 by Pope Calixtus III.

Canonized in 1920.

Patron Saint of France (but you wonder if the French still honor their patron)


May 30:  Feast of St. Joan of Arc



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