Joan never wavered in her testimony when on trial for heresy. Even though the court found her guilty in her first trial, 25 years after her death an investigation found her innocent of all charges and proclaimed her to have been a martyr. Martyrdom is generally considered as a first=class ticket to heaven.
It means that the Catholic Church has investigated her life and determined that she is a saint in heaven and worthy of honor, emulation and veneration.
It means that after years of investigations the Catholic Church has declared that Joan of Arc is, indeed, in heaven and can be venerated as a saint.
A number of saints have been burned to death but the best known is, perhaps, Saint Joan of Arc.
Yes, Joan of Arc.
Joan of Arc was burned at the stake as a heretic in 1431. She was a young French woman who claimed to have received divine messages to support the French against the English during the Hundred Years' War. Joan of Arc was later canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church.
The book is about the life and exploits of Saint Joan of Arc.
Saint Joan of Arc led the French army into battle.
There is Saint Joan of Arc and Saint John of the Cross but no Saint Joan of the Cross.
Joan of Arc was a Catholic.
Joan of Arc named three Saints that guided her during her life: Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Margaret and Saint Catherine.
The sword that Joan of Arc favored, had a pattern of five crosses inlaid on it.She found it covered in rust behind an altar in the church of Saint Catherine.
Saint Joan of Arc was burned as a heretic but after her death she was cleared by the Church of those charges and elevated to the altars as a saint.