Despite Meeting an Untimely Death, Joan of Arc Accomplished Her Mission

“Joan of Arc enters Orléans” by French historical painter Jean-Jacques Scherrer. Public Domain

Commentary

In 1425, a French peasant girl in her early teens began having a series of visions. She claimed to have seen strange lights and the figures of St. Michael the Archangel, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret. In time, these visions began to tell Joan that she would play a role in freeing France from its enemies.