Saint Joan Of Arc The Maid Of France Saint Joan of Arc was born in Domremy in Lorraine, France, in 1412. Until the age of seventeen years, she lived the life of a simple shepherdess. At this time, she was commanded by Heavenly Voices to lead the French armies against the English forces which had invaded France. She did so with great success. Betrayed, she was tried by civil and apostolic courts and condemned to death. She was burned alive at the stake in Rouen, May 31, 1431. A later trial established her innocence and after due process she was declared a Saint in 1920. Domremy was a small village in the Meuse Valley. Jacques d'Arc, Jeanne's father and mother, Isabelle Zabillet, were described by their neighbors, " They were good and faithful Catholics; good working-people of good reputation, leading an honest life according to their condition." No contemporary picture exists o....

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