This is a good time to remind ourselves about the life and death of Joan of Arc, because it was on May 9, 1920, that Joan of Arc was canonized by Pope Benedict XV. This is also the month she was executed. She led the French armies against the English during the Hundred Years' War. After seeing the prince crowned King Charles VII, Joan was captured by Anglo-Burgundian forces, tried for witchcraft and heresy and burned at the stake in 1431, at the age of 19. By the time she was officially canonized in 1920, the Maid of Orléans, as she was known, had long been considered one of history’s greatest saints, and an enduring symbol of French unity and nationalism. Also nicknamed the "Maid of Lorraine," Joan of Arc is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Hundred Years War.