Who is the only person hung as a heretic, and then canonized as a Saint?

Here are some hints.

She was born in 1412 in Domrémy, Bar, France.

She died May 30, 1431 in Rouen.

She is considered a national hero in France.

I doubt she ever needed any acne treatments.

Who is she?

Why she is Joan Of Arc, of course

Saint Joan Of Arc, national heroine of France, a peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory at Orléans that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years’ War. Captured a year afterward, Joan was burned by the English and their French collaborators as a heretic. She became the greatest national heroine of her compatriots. Her achievement was a decisive factor in the later awakening of French national consciousness..

Find out more about Joan of Arc at Encyclopedia Brittanica Online.

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