from the ashes May 30 1431
May 30, 1431
From the Ashes
Today is the feast day of Saint Joan of Arc, the day she was burned at the stake under the following charge:
"Joan, who calls herself the Maid, liar, evil-doer, seducer of the people, sorceress, witch, blasphemer of God, denier of the faith of Jesus Christ, idolater, fallen, evoker of evil spirits, apostate, schismatic, heretic."