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St. Joan of Arc - Capture, trial, and execution of St. Joan of Arc

Where was St. Joan of Arc tried in 1431?

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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 was tried in Rouen in 1431. Following her capture and subsequent transfer to the custody of Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais, she was moved to a tower in the castle of Bouvreuil in Rouen to face a church court on charges of heresy.1