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Jeanne s'offrant à Dieu

Joan of Arc dedicates herself to God

Saint Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc), The Maid of Orléans (ca. 1412 - 1431)
national heroine of France, beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920. She led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War
(Wikipedia)

Paule Couteau
1946

Domrémy-la-Pucelle / Jeanne s'offrant à Dieu

Description

Stone statue of Jeanne d'Arc standing with her hands at her sides, dedicating herself to God for the accomplishment of her mission.

Inscription(s)

le gouvernement
de la province
de quebec
a
s^te jeanne d'arc

Signed: P.C.

Jeanne d'Arc - Timeline

1412 - Approx date of birth
1425 - Visions of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret, who told her to drive out the English and bring the Dauphin to Rheims for his coronation
1428, May - Went to Vaucouleurs to ask garrison commander, Count Robert de Baudricourt, to send her to the royal French court at Chinon, but is sent away.
1429, February - Baudricourt allows Jeanne to join the Dauphin at Chinon.
1429, May 8 - Lifting of the siege of Orleans
1429, July 17 - Coronation of Charles VII in Reims
1430, May 23 - Captured at Compiègne
1431, May 30 - Executed at Rouen
1871 - After the defeat of 1871, in many French towns and villages statues of Jeanne d'Arc are erected.

Artist

Paule Couteau (Oran, Algeria, 1918), French sculptress.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Basilique du Bois-Chenu.
Sainte Jeanne d'Arc, Statues en France (WebArchive).
Bernard Mugnier, La statuaire johannique du XVIe au XXe siècle (Vesoul: l'auteur, 2008), p. 135.

Location (N 48°25'42" - E 5°40'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frlo035; Photograph: 13 June 2011
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