Joan o Arc

Saunt Joan o Arc or The Maid o Orléans (French: Jeanne d'Arc,[1] IPA: [ʒan daʁk]; ca. 1412[2] – 30 Mey 1431) is conseidert a naitional heroine o Fraunce an a Catholic saunt. A paisant lassie born in easten Fraunce wha claimed heivenlie ettlance, she led the French airmy tae siveral heid owerhauns in the Hunder Years' War whilk paved the wey for Charles VII's croonin. She wis fangt bi the Burgundians, sauld tae the Inglis, tried bi an ecclesiastical coort, an burnt on a stab whan she wis nineteen year auld.

Paintin, ca. 1485. An airtist's interpretation, sin the ae portrait for whilk she is kent tae hae sat hisna survived. (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris, AE II 2490)
The touer whaur she wis wardit bidin fur the assize

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Twintie-five year efter the justifeecation, Pape Callixtus III exemt the assize, pronouncit her saikless an deponet her a mairtyr. She wis beeteefit in 1909 an canonised in 1920.[2] She is, alang wi St. Denis, St. Martin o Tours, St. Louis IX, an St. Theresa of Lisieux, ane o the patron saunts of Fraunce.

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