Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
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masculine dress after returning to jail, she was condemned again-this time by a secular court-and on May 30, 1431; Joan was burned at the stake in the Old Market Square at Rouen as a relapsed misbeliever.
Twenty-five years later after her death, the church retried her case, and she was pronounced innocent. In 1920, POPE BENEDICT XV blessed her; her traditional feast day is May 30. Until today, Joan of Arc has been widely illustrated in literature and art.