Joan of Arc

Tags: Saint.

Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d’Arc IPA: [ʒan daʁk]; ca. 1412 – 30 May 1431) nicknamed The Maid of Orléans (French: La Pucelle d’Orléans) is considered a heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. She was born to a peasant family at Domrémy in north-east France. Joan said she received visions of the Archangel Michael Saint Margaret and Saint Catherine instructing her to support Charles VII and recover France from English domination late in the Hundred Years’ War.

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beatified by

Pope Pius X

beatified date

1909-04-18

beatified place

Notre Dame de Paris

birth date

1412-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

birth place

Duchy of Bar, Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France in the Middle Ages

canonized by

Pope Benedict XV

canonized date

1920-05-16

canonized place

St. Peter's Basilica

death date

1431-05-30

death place

Normandy, Rouen, Dual monarchy of England and France, France in the Middle Ages

LCCN Id

n/79/33041

title

Saint

venerated in

Anglican Communion, Catholic Church