Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois () is a
commune in the
Indre-et-Loire department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in central
France. During the
Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French Crown, ...
, an ancient sword was found buried behind the altar of this chapel by
St Joan of Arc, with the help of the divine counsel of
St. Michael the Archangel,
St. Catherine of Alexandria,
St. Margaret of Antioch
Margaret, known as Margaret of Antioch in the West, and as Saint Marina the Great Martyr ( grc-gre, Ἁγία Μαρίνα) in the East, is celebrated as a saint on 20 July in the Western Rite Orthodoxy, Roman Catholic Church and Anglicanism, o ...
, and other saints. With the sword, she led the French to victory, retaking
Orléans and vanquishing the English forts surrounding it.
It is a stop on the
Way of St. James
The Camino de Santiago ( la, Peregrinatio Compostellana, "Pilgrimage of Compostela"; gl, O Camiño de Santiago), known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the Twelve Apostle ...
.
Population
See also
*
Communes of the Indre-et-Loire department
References
External links
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Communes of Indre-et-Loire
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