--- title: "St. Joan of Arc: Feast Day May 30, Life & Quotes · Bless" url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/ description: "St. Joan of Arc, Virgin, patron of France and soldiers. Remembered on May 30, died c. 1431. Read their life and their own words, with sources." --- Virgin · Remembered on May 30 # St. Joan of Arc St. Joan of Arc is remembered on May 30 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Traditionally invoked as patron of France and soldiers. Below: a short life and 2 sourced quotations in their own words. | | | |---|---| | Remembered on | [May 30](https://blessbible.app/saints/may/#30) | | Title | Virgin | | Died | c. 1431 | | Patron of | [France](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#france), [soldiers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#soldiers) | | In their own words | [2 sourced quotations](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/#words) | | Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Sunday, May 30, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/#calendar) | ## Life A peasant girl of Domrémy who heard the voices of Michael, Margaret, and Catherine telling her to save France. At seventeen she broke the siege of Orléans and stood beside the Dauphin at his crowning in Reims. Captured and sold to the English, she was tried by churchmen who twisted her candor, and burned at Rouen at nineteen, calling on the name of Jesus. A new trial cleared her twenty-five years later; she was canonized in 1920. ## Patron of Tradition invokes St. Joan of Arc as patron of France and soldiers. [France](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#france) [Soldiers](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/#soldiers) ### Saints with the same patronage - [St. Louis IX](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-louis-ix/) France · August 25 - [St. Denis and Companions](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-denis-and-companions/) France · October 9 - [St. Sebastian](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-sebastian/) soldiers · January 20 - [St. George](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-george/) soldiers · April 23 - [St. Ignatius of Loyola](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-ignatius-of-loyola/) soldiers · July 31 - [St. Martin of Tours](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-martin-of-tours/) soldiers · November 11 Patronages are traditional, not an official list. [All patron saints in Bless, A to Z](https://blessbible.app/patron-saints/). ## In their own words Each quotation names the work it comes from. Bless quotes these in the comments beside the verses listed under [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/#scripture). > I am not afraid; I was born to do this. — *Trial testimony, 1431* > About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they are just one thing, and we should not complicate the matter. — *Trial testimony, 1431* ## In Scripture In Bless, St. Joan of Arc’s words appear in the comments beside these verses. This page’s labels say how each is linked: “on this verse” means the saint wrote about that very verse; “on this theme” means the quotation shares its theme. Scripture is quoted from the Catholic Public Domain Version. 1. On this theme > For, if you remain silent now, the Jews will be delivered through some other opportunity, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for this reason, so that you would be prepared for such a time as this?” — [Esther 4:14](https://blessbible.app/bible/esther/4/#v14) · CPDV Beside their words: [“I am not afraid; I was born to do this.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/#q152) 2. On this theme > “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. And before you went forth from the womb, I sanctified you. And I made you a prophet to the nations.” — [Jeremiah 1:5](https://blessbible.app/bible/jeremiah/1/#v5) · CPDV Beside their words: [“I am not afraid; I was born to do this.”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/#q152) 3. On this theme > For the husband is the head of the wife, just as Christ is the head of the Church. He is the Savior of his body. — [Ephesians 5:23](https://blessbible.app/bible/ephesians/5/#v23) · CPDV Beside their words: [“About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they are just one thing, and we should…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/#q153) 4. On this theme > And he is the head of his body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that in all things he may hold primacy. — [Colossians 1:18](https://blessbible.app/bible/colossians/1/#v18) · CPDV Beside their words: [“About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they are just one thing, and we should…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/#q153) ## In the calendar The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Joan of Arc. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given. | Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) | |---|---|---|---| | [Sunday, May 30, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/05/30/) | The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ | White | Exodus 24:3-8 · Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16, 17-18 · Hebrews 9:11-15 · John 6:51 · Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 | | [Tuesday, May 30, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/05/30/) | Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter | White | Acts 20:17-27 · Psalm 68:10-11, 20-21 · John 14:16 · John 17:1-11a | Readings Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. [May 29 St. Paul VI](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-paul-vi/) [May 31 St. Petronilla](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-petronilla/) [All the saints of May](https://blessbible.app/saints/may/) [Born on May 30?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#05-30) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/) Spotted a mistake in a date, a patronage or a quotation? [Report an error](https://blessbible.app/support/#report) and we’ll fix it in the app and here. St. Joan of Arc Remembered on May 30 On this page 1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/#life) 2. [Patron of](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/#patron) 3. [In their own words](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/#words) 4. [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/#scripture) 5. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-joan-of-arc/#calendar) In the app Bless shows a saint every day on its Today screen, with their life and their words. Free on iPhone.