Which two saints did Joan of Arc most often name as voices guiding her?

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Joan of Arc most often named Saints Catherine and Margaret as the voices guiding her.

During her trial, Joan identified these voices as Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Margaret of Antioch. She also associated Saint Michael with her religious experiences, but Catherine and Margaret were the two female saints most consistently connected with her visions.

Joan said that the voices began speaking to her in her childhood at Domrémy. She interpreted them as divine guidance and eventually linked their instructions to helping the future Charles VII and defending France.

Descriptions of these voices come mainly from trial testimony, which was recorded by clerks and shaped by the legal setting. The accounts therefore document what Joan said about her experiences rather than independently proving their supernatural origin. Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret were both important medieval Christian figures.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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