Juana de Arco, also known as Saint Joan of Arc, was a peasant girl born around 1412 in Domrémy, France. She claimed to have received visions from saints instructing her to support Charles VII and help drive the English out of France during the Hundred Years' War. Her leadership in several key battles, including the Siege of Orléans, was pivotal in boosting French morale. Captured by the Burgundians in 1430, Juana was handed over to the English and tried for heresy. She was executed in 1431 but was posthumously exonerated in 1456. In 1920, she was canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church.