Dessault Aviation's Feast of St. Joan of Arc, May 30
They don't make saints much more interesting than Joan of Arc, if by "interesting" you mean "hard core warrior". Fist of all, she was visited by Michael the Archangel, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret. They told her to make Charles VII King of France by taking over his army and defeating the English, which she did.
Charles VII was the son of Charles VI, who was also known as Charles the Mad - he occasionally thought he was made of glass. Anyway, Joan was one of the last to leave the field after a battle with the Burgundians and was captured. The Burgundians sold her to the British, who put together a sham heresy trial
. She was found guilty (mainly because she kept wearing men's clothing) and was burned at the stake. Twenty years later her conviction was overturned, but she remained dead. She was canonized in 1920. She used to dictate letters and sign them...and three of her signatures still exist!
Jeanne d'Arc by P.A. Le Brun de Charmettes (L'Orléanide-1819)
Charles VII was the son of Charles VI, who was also known as Charles the Mad - he occasionally thought he was made of glass. Anyway, Joan was one of the last to leave the field after a battle with the Burgundians and was captured. The Burgundians sold her to the British, who put together a sham heresy trial
Joan interrogated in her prison cell by Cardinal Winchester. By Hippolyte Delaroche, 1824, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France.
. She was found guilty (mainly because she kept wearing men's clothing) and was burned at the stake. Twenty years later her conviction was overturned, but she remained dead. She was canonized in 1920. She used to dictate letters and sign them...and three of her signatures still exist!
Labels: Feast Days, saints
posted by jope @ May 30, 2013
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