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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)

Ősz Nemes György
1917

Description

Statue.
The sculptor was Prisoner of War in the First World War on the island of Asinara (Sardinia), and was deported to France

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.

Sculptor

Ősz Nemes György (Temesvár 1885 - Budapest 1958), Hungarian sculptor (Köztérkép).

Sources & Information

E-mail Dr. Margittai Gábor, 12 March 2013.

Locatie (N 44°1'3" - E 1°21'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frmp019; Photograph: 1 September 2011 / updated: 12 March 2013
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