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were hesitant to follow the lead of a mere 17 years old maiden.
Did Joan "hear voices"? Her battle records were convincing. Did she have true courage? ffhough seriously wounded she repeatedly returned to front and dangerous position in combat. At the end of her mission, did some extra sensory perception prompt her to ask for permission to return to Domremy? When her request was denied she returned to battle, was captured by English allies who in turn sold her to the ?English for a sum of 16,000 francs (at that time it would have amounted to approximately three thousand dollars). Tried as a witch — and convicted as a heretic, Joan d1 Arc, condemned was burned at stake. Brave men wept. Calmly and with eyes turned to heaven she accepted her fate.
twenty-four years later her trial was repgened.
The Pope pronounced her innocent. Then in 1909 she was ksxxx beatified, and in 1920 Pope Benedict XV declared her a kaint.
The history of Bay St. Louis has roots in France.
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Early/explorers discovered our quiet Bay and lovely shores and named them in honor of the sainted King Louis IX. It is fitting and proper that the statue of Joan of Arc should be prominently featured in historical Shiedsboro Square.	•
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We, too, hear voices. Perhaps not heavenly, but
none the less sincere saying: "Welcome to our shores, Joan d* Arc.