630-668-4236 
Product Details
Each beautifully designed medal is stamped in heavy gauge bronze and finished in a heavy silver plating that is thick enough to be engraved. The medals are rubbed with a soft patina to give them the distinct 'Py look.'
The St. Joan of Arc medal comes in a jewelry box with a 24" chain. The inscription translates to: St Joan of Arc Protector of France.
Saint Joan of Arc
1412-1431
Feast Day May 30
Patroness of France and Soldiers. A peasant girl born in eastern France, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Year War, claiming divine guidance.She was captured by the Burgundians, sold to the English, tried by an ecclesiastical court, and burned at the stake when she was nineteen years old. Twenty-four years later, on the initiative of Charles VII, who could not possibly afford being seen as having been brought to power with the aid of a condemned heretic, Pope Callixtus III reviewed the decision of the ecclesiastical court, found her innocent, and declared her a martyr She was beatified in 1909 and later canonized in 1920. She is one of three patron saints of France.
Joan was the daughter of Jacques deArc and Isabelle Romee. She experienced her first vision around 1424 at the age of 12 when she was out alone in a field and heard voices. She had said she cried when they left as they were so beautiful. She would report that Sts. Michael, Catherine, and Margaret told her to drive out the English and bring the King of France to Reims for his coronation.
Finally given a small army she one the seige of Orleans on May 8, 1429 and enjoyed many more victories for France in to 100 year war. The King did make it back to France and was crowned with Joan at his side.
In another battle 1430, after the coronation, she was captured by the Burgundians, and sold to the English. She was held captive for a long time, and after a kangaroo court type proceeding she was found guilty of heresy, sorcery, and adultery. She was burned at the stake in 1431 at the age of 19. Some 30 years later she was exonerated in what is commonly called the nullification trial. She was canonized in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV.
Picture Shown is not actual size. Medal available in two sizes.
