Canonization of Joan of Arc
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Joan of Arc (1412–1431) was formally canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 16 May 1920 by Pope Benedict XV in his bull Divina disponente,[4] which concluded the canonization process that the Sacred Congregation of Rites instigated after a petition of 1869 of the French Catholic hierarchy. Although pro-English clergy had Joan burnt at the stake for heresy in 1431, she was rehabilitated in 1456 after a posthumous retrial. Subsequently, she became a folk saint among French Catholics and soldiers inspired by her story of being commanded by God to fight for France against England. Many French regimes encouraged her cult, and the Third Republic was sympathetic to the canonization petition prior to the 1905 separation of church and state.
Saint Joan of Arc | |
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Virgin | |
Born | 6 January, c. 1412[1] Domrémy, Duchy of Bar, France.[2] |
Died | 30 May 1431 (aged c. 19) Rouen, Normandy (then under English rule) |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Anglican Communion[3] |
Beatified | 18 April 1909, St. Peter's Basilica by Pope Pius X |
Canonized | 16 May 1920, St. Peter's Basilica by Pope Benedict XV |
Feast | 30 May |
Parent(s) | Jacques d'Arc Isabelle de Vouthon |
Patronage | France |