Often referred to as the Maid of Orleans, St Joan of Arc was born around 1412 to a peasant family in northeastern France. At a very early age, Joan heard the voices of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret. At age 13, it was said that those voices instructed her to drive the English out of France and to reinstate Charles VII as its rightful King. And that was exactly what she did with much valour. In 1920, she was canonised by Pope Benedict XV.