Saint Joan of Arc The Maid of Orleans (Jeanne d’Arc) is a recognized Saint of the Roman Catholic Church. Although she was excommunicated and burned at the stake for heresy by local officials in 1431 central Church officials would later nullify her excommunication declaring her a martyr unjustly executed for a secular vendetta. Her legend would grow from there leading to her beatification in 1909 and her canonization in 1920.
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