St. Joan of Arc - Fiskdale, MA
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N 42° 07.135 W 072° 06.826
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A statue of St. Joan of Arc is stop # 4 on the grounds of St. Anne Shrine at 16 Church St., Fiskdale, MA
Waymark Code: WM12HHZ
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 05/31/2020
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A life size bronze statue of St. Joan of Arc stands on a granite base. Joan of Arc is depicted as the military leader of the French army during the One Hundred Years War. She is wearing an armored breastplate and is holding a flag, which is wrapped around a pole, to her right side. On her left side is a shield, the top of which she is holding with her left hand.
The base contains her coat of arms and the inscription:
SALVE JOANNA
TUTRIX ET CUSTOS
HAIL JOAN
TEACHER AND GUARDIAN
Below, a bronze is inscribed:
IN MEMORIAM
RICHARD ALAIN JAMES
BY
HIS PARENTS
Joan of Arc was born into a peasant family in Domrémy, France about 1412. Beginning at about age 12 she claimed to experience visions directing her to drive the English out of France and pave the way for the coronation of a French king. Claiming to be guided by God, she led the French army to important victories in the Hundred Years' War, which led to Charles VII assuming the throne of France.
She was captured by the Burgundians, and purchased by the English from Duke Philip of Burgundy and put on trial before the Bishop Pierre Cauchon on charges of heresy. At age 19, she was found guilty and burned at the stake in Rouen on May 30, 1431 . Twenty-five years later Pope Callixtus III pronounced her innocent and declared her a martyr. Joan of Arc was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. She is now the one of patron saint of France.