On July 7, 1456, the pope revoked the sentence passed on the Maid. In February, 1903, a formal proposal was entered for her canonization, and on December 13, 1908, she was made a saint.
PREPARED BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION
ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 3, No. 22, SERIAL No. 98
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY THE MENTOR ASSOCIATION, INC.
JOAN OF ARC[A]
By IDA M. TARBELL
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| MENTOR GRAVURES | MENTOR GRAVURES | |
| JOAN OF ARC By Foyatier | JOAN OF ARC By Henri Chapin | |
| JOAN OF ARC By J. Roulteau | THE MAID OF ORLEANS By R. Wheelwright | |
| JOAN OF ARC By Princess Marie of Orleans | JOAN OF ARC By Jules Bastien-Lepage | |
| Joan of Arc From a Drawing by George Alfred Williams |
THE MENTOR · DEPARTMENT OF BIOGRAPHY
JANUARY 1, 1916
Aside from the story of the Christ there is none in history which offers so complete a picture of the heights and depths of human character as that of Joan of Arc. So perfect is its symbolism that one coming for the first time to the records of the world might well believe it the invention of some consummate master of the intricacies of human nature, intent on showing to men the extremes of evil and of good of which they are capable.