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Why did Pope Calixtus III order a new investigation into St. Joan of Arcâs trial?
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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.
Pope Calixtus III ordered a new investigation into the trial of St. Joan of Arc in response to a formal petition submitted by the dâArc family.1
Following this petition, proceedings were instituted between 1455 and 1456, which ultimately resulted in the revocation and annulment of her original 1431 conviction, thereby proclaiming her innocence.123