The answer is Joan of Arc. She was a peasant girl who inspired the French
to fight the English. She led the French
in defeating the English at Orleans. She continued to win battles against the
English and this made the English believe that she had magical powers. She was captured on May 23, 1430 while
defending Compiègne from the English and Burgundians. She was later put on trial as a witch and
burned at the stake on May 30, 1431. Later
Pope Benedict XV canonized her as a saint in May 16, 1920.
