Jeanne d'Arc and relics from a pharmacy attic

摘要

Jeanne D'Arc - or Joan of Arc - has her feast day on 30 May,the date on which she died in 1431.She was born in about the year 1412,from a peasant family of Domremy in France,and had a chequered career.Her nation was at that time in conflict with the English and,in 1425,she had a vision that she had been chosen to lead an army to victory.She convinced the then Dauphin to put her in charge of the troops that were to relieve Orleans in 1429.However,two years later,Jeanne was betrayed to the English,brought before her accusers and convicted of heresy and sorcery.She was burned at the stake.Long afterwards,in 1920,she was canonised as Saint Joan.