Condemned by the Church as a heretic and burned at the stake in Rouen at nineteen, Joan of Arc was formally exonerated 25 years later and canonized as a saint five centuries after her execution — one of history's most astonishing institutional reversals. The post Burned as a Heretic at 19, Joan of Arc Was Made a Saint 500 Years Later appeared first on History Collection.
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