Jeanne d'Arc
vers 1412-1431 15th century Feast day: May 30
The boldness of obeying God rather than the powerful, and naked trust before one's judges.
Who was Jeanne d'Arc?
A peasant girl from Domrémy, from the age of thirteen she heard voices calling her to save the kingdom. At seventeen she led armies and had the king crowned at Reims, before being captured, sold, tried by a church court in the occupier's service, and burned at Rouen at nineteen. The trial records preserved her answers, whose freedom and clarity disconcerted her judges.
In their own words
If I am not in God's grace, may God put me there; and if I am, may God keep me there.
The men-at-arms will do battle, and God will give the victory.
I rely on God, my creator, for everything; I love him with all my heart.