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St. Joan of Arc, byname the Maid of Orléans, French Sainte Jeanne d’Arc or La Pucelle d’Orléans, (born c. 1412, Domrémy, Bar, France—died May 30, 1431, Rouen; canonized May 16, 1920; feast day May 30; French national holiday, second Sunday in May), national heroine of France, a peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory at Orléans that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years’ War. Captured a year afterward, Joan was burned to death by the English and their French collaborators as a heretic. She became the greatest national heroine of her compatriots, and her achievement was a decisive factor in the later awakening of French national consciousness.

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𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘢𝘯, 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦: 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘦𝘴.