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Jeanne d'Arc

Joan of Arc

Saint Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), The Maid of Orléans (ca. 1412 - 1431)
national heroine of France, beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. She led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War
(Wikipedia)

Paul Belmondo & Raymond Martin
1980

Description

Two stone pillars - with flagpoles - with on the front reliefs.

Inscription(s)

North: Jeanne d'Arc bergère écoutant saint Michel - The shepherdess Jeanne d'Arc listening to Saint Michael.

elle etait bonne simple
et douce fille
—
quelquefois je l'ai vue
elle gardait les troupeaux
de son pere

la voix me dit que je
me hate de venir et
que je leverai le siege
mis devant orleans

Signed: raymond martin

South: Jeanne d'Arc au bÃ»cher - Jeanne d'Arc at the stake.

mes voix me disent
prends tout en gre,
ne te chaille
de ton martyre...

elle n'avait passe
ses humbles dix neuf ans
que de quatre a cinq mois
et sa cendre charnelle
fut dispersee au vent

Jeanne d'Arc - Timeline

1412 - Approx date of birth
1425 - Visions of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret, who told her to drive out the English and bring the Dauphin to Rheims for his coronation
1428, May - Went to Vaucouleurs to ask garrison commander, Count Robert de Baudricourt, to send her to the royal French court at Chinon, but is sent away.
1429, February - Baudricourt allows Jeanne to join the Dauphin at Chinon.
1429, May 8 - Lifting of the siege of Orleans
1429, July 17 - Coronation of Charles VII in Reims
1430, May 23 - Captured at Compiègne
1431, May 30 - Executed at Rouen
1871 - After the defeat of 1871, in many French towns and villages statues of Jeanne d'Arc are erected.

Sculptors

Paul Belmondo (Algiers 1898 - Paris 1982), French sculptor (Wikipedia).
Raymond Martin (Paris 1910 - Paris 1992), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Bernard Mugnier, La statuaire johannique du XVIe au XXe siècle (Vesoul: l'auteur, 2008), p. 41-43.
Sainte Jeanne d'Arc, Statues en France (WebArchive).

Locatie (N 47°54'6" - E 1°54'32") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frce058; Photograph: 10 September 2011
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