Joan of Arc (Saint)

Joan of Arc was a French peasant girl born around 1412 who claimed to have received visions from saints instructing her to support Charles VII and help drive the English out of France during the Hundred Years' War. In 1429, she played a crucial role in lifting the siege of Orléans and was instrumental in Charles's coronation. Captured by the Burgundians in 1430, she was sold to the English and tried for heresy. Joan was executed in 1431 but became a martyr and was canonized as a saint in 1920, symbolizing courage and faith in the face of adversity.