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Portrait of St. Joan of Arc

St. Joan of Arc

An unlettered peasant girl who heard voices in her father's garden, led France's armies to break the siege of Orléans, saw a king crowned — and was burned as a heretic at nineteen by the Church that would one day make her a saint.

Feast: May 30 1412–1431 (19 years) Maid of Orléans Patron of France
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Quotes & Sayings of St. Joan of Arc

  • “If I am not in God's grace, may God put me there; and if I am, may God keep me there.”

    — Trial of Condemnation, 1431

  • “Of the love or the hatred God has for the English I know nothing — but I know they will be driven out of France.”

    — Trial of Condemnation, 1431

  • “I would rather die than revoke what God has made me do.”

    — Trial of Condemnation, 1431

  • “I am not afraid; I was born to do this.”
  • “Hold the cross up before my eyes until I am dead.”

    — At the stake, Rouen, 30 May 1431
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