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Rue des Cloches Saint-Paul 3 ☒
(Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Miracles)

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)

artist unknown & Jeanne Champillou
1969/1975

Description

In the chapel Saint-Jeanne-d'Arc is a bronze relief showing Jeanne d'Arc at the coronation and on the sides two tile panels with six scenes from Jeanne d'Arc's life. On the outside of the wall is a ceramic relief 'Vie de Jeanne d'Arc' by Champillou (1975).

Side panels by Champillou

Inscription(s)

Signed (bronze relief): PP.... in 1969
(tile tableau): fait a orleans
au clos de joye
en 1975
par J. Champillou

Annotation

Jeanne d'Arc attended Mass and prayed at the chapel of Notre-Dame des Miracles in Saint-Paul's Church. - this chapel, and the bell tower, is the only part of St. Paul's Church that survived the Second World War. An impressive mosaic showing Jeanne, accompanied by her officers and clergy, offering thanks to the Virgin, is a centrepiece of the chapel.

Mosaic showing Jeanne, accompanied by her officers and clergy, offering thanks to the Virgin.

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

Jeanne Champillou (Saint-Jean-le-Blanc 1897 - Orléans 1978), French ceramist Atelier du Clos de Joye, Orléans (Wikipedia).
Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel, IM45001703.

Locatie (N 47°54'0" - E 1°54'8") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frce066; Photograph: 10 September 2011
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