Saint Joan of Arc.(extra credit)

"St. Joan of arc is the patroness of soldiers and of france"

When she was young, she heard voices of St.Michael, St.Catherine and St.Margaret. They said "Told joan to go the king of France and help him reconquer his kingdom."

After overcoming opposition from churchmen and courters, the uncrowned King Charles VII sent her to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief mission. She gained prominence when she overcame the dismissive attitude of veteran commanders and caused the lifting of the siege in only nine days, she enjoyed a series of military successes, during wich the king was able to enter rheims and be crowned with her at his side.

In May 1438 as she was attempting to relieve compiegne, she was captured by the burgundians and sold to the English. She refused to retract the assertion that it was the saints of god who had commanded her to do what she had done, she was condemned to death, and burned at the stake on May 30, 1431(19 years old).

Years later, she was exonerate of all guilt and she was canonized in 1920 making official what the people had known for centuries. She was canonized in 1920 by pope Benedict xv.