Remembering St Joan of Arc, martyr of conscience, who refused to renounce her angelic voices, whose mysticism was deployed in the cause of liberation, who was burned to death in part because she refused to dress like a woman, who was condemned as a heretic before named as a st.
Feast of St Joan of Arc (1431), canonized in 1920, who claims the distinction among saints of having previously been condemned by the church as a heretic and burned at the stake. Throughout her ordeal she adamantly refused to renounce the angelic “voices” that guided her mission
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May 30, 2023 · 10:35 AM UTC

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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
And she was 16!!!
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Probably about 19 when she died.
@ashtonpittman thought about that young woman who couldn’t graduate bc of her clothing.
Replying to @RobertEllsberg
That's not the reason but go ahead and misinform folks.
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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
Liar. That’s one of the charges the English brought against her but they killed her for being useful to France.
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