15 Feb 2006

Relics of Joan of Arc to be Tested

DNA, Hagiography, History

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Alleged relics of Joan of Arc, burned at the stake in 1431 for witchcraft by the English, preserved by the Catholic Church in a museum owned by the diocese of Tours are to be carbon-dated and DNA-tested to investigate their authenticy by a French team of forensic scientists.

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