Archangel Michael appears to Joan of Arc

Archangel Michael appears to Joan of Arc in her father's garden. Aged 13 years old. As a teenager, Joan was reported to have heard voices of Saints Margaret the Virgin and Catherine of Alexandria and Archangel Michael, inspiring her to lead the French army during the Hundred Years' War against the occupying English and Dukes of Burgundy (1429 - 1430) Illustration by Boutet de Monvel, c. 1896. JA: Also known as the Maid of Orléans (Fr: Jeanne d'Arc, la Demoiselle d'Orléans), French peasant girl who became a military leader. Saint of the Catholic church and patron saint of France. Burnt at the stake by the English, c. 1412 – 30 May 1431. Joan of Arc by M.Boutet de Monvel, published in 1918 by David McKay, Washington Square, Philadelphia.