Happy Birthday Joan!

France went wild yesterday. January 6th was Joan of Arc’s 600th birthday.

Or maybe not:

“France Celebrates Joan of Arc’s (Fake) Birthday,” Rossella Lorenzi, Discovery News.

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Tags: 600th Birthday, birthdays, France, Jeanne d'Arc, Joan of Arc, Saint Joan, Sainte Jeanne d'Arc, Ste Jeanne d'Arc

This entry was posted on January 7, 2012 at 1:20 am and is filed under France, history, holidays, religion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Happy Birthday Joan!”

Mike Licht Says:
January 8, 2012 at 11:15 am
Related:

The lady was convicted of cross-dressing.

“Joan of Arc on Trial,” Romeo Vitelli, Providentia

“The 600-year struggle for the soul of Joan of Arc,” John Lichfield, The Independent

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