When was St. Joan of Arc’s conviction annulled?

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Painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres showing Joan of Arc in armor holding a banner at an altar during the coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, with figures praying behind her. — St. Joan of Arc *Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral*, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1854; in the Louvre, Paris.

St. Joan of Arc’s conviction was formally revoked and annulled in 1456.1

Following a petition from her family, Pope Calixtus III ordered proceedings to be instituted in 1455–56, which ultimately cleared her name of the charges brought during her 1431 trial. This rehabilitation process followed earlier inquiries into the trial ordered by Charles VII in 1450 and 1452.1