Joan of Arc’s annual feast day is observed on 30 May in the Catholic Church.
The date is the anniversary of her death in Rouen in 1431. Joan was beatified in 1909 and canonized in 1920, after centuries of growing public veneration and renewed examination of her trial.
She is honored as a virgin and martyr, and she is one of the patron saints of France. Her feast day is distinct from the French national holiday connected with Joan, which is celebrated on the second Sunday of May.
The date can therefore cause confusion: 30 May is her liturgical feast, while the national celebration in France does not fall on a fixed calendar date. These observances commemorate the same figure in different ways.