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May 30 · Optional · White

St Joan of Arc

(1412–1431) Peasant girl of Domrémy whose voices sent her, at seventeen, to raise the siege of Orléans and crown the Dauphin at Reims. Captured and tried by a rigged church court, she was burned at Rouen at nineteen; a papal court annulled the verdict in 1456.

When is the feast of St Joan of Arc?

The feast is celebrated on May 30 each year, kept as a optional in the General Roman Calendar, with white vestments.

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When is the feast of St Joan of Arc?

The feast of St Joan of Arc is celebrated on May 30 each year, kept as a optional in the General Roman Calendar.

Who was St Joan of Arc?

(1412–1431) Peasant girl of Domrémy whose voices sent her, at seventeen, to raise the siege of Orléans and crown the Dauphin at Reims. Captured and tried by a rigged church court, she was burned at Rouen at nineteen; a papal court annulled the verdict in…

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