St Marie was born in the year 1872, in the town Nazareth,Israel.When her mother died while birthing the ninth child, her father had to move to find work She was adopted by a village family When she was 15, she had been entered into the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary. She had took the name Marie Amandine. She worked as a nurse in France Then she worked at a mission hospital and a orphanage Saint Marie was also known as “The Laughing Foreigner” Saint Marie was the patron saint of laughter. Her Joyfulness seemed to gain the esteem of the chinese. St Marie’s feast day is on July 9th. According to online article St. Marie Amandine in Catholic Online it explains the fascinating story on how St, Marie was a martyr, and how she stood by them throughout
‘Death of a Salesman’ and ‘The Eve of St Agnes’ are two texts that differ in several ways but are essentially similarly themed, as they both centre on an individual that is fundamentally a catalyst to chaos and corruption. Whilst it is clear that Miller has made delusion, fantasy and thus disorder inevitable from just the opening stage directions of the play –which signifies Willy’s false idyllic reminiscences: “A melody is heard, played upon a flute...telling of grass and trees and the horizon” - Keats also gives an impression of danger and disorder being inevitable in the poem from its setting, which is implied to be winter: the season which signifies cold, sickness and thus, death: ‘bitter chill it was!’.
Jehanne d’Arc or more commonly known as Joan of Arc nicknamed the Maid of Orleans is a brave heroine who is known for her work during the Hundred Years War. With her defeat at her last battle, Joan ends the Hundred Years War and years later gets declared a saint for her bravery and sacrifice. Throughout her life, she struggled with an education and growing up on a farm. Later in those years she beings to hears voices and sees visions believing it to be from the Heavens and joins the French war because of it. Only being a teenager through all this, at the age of 19 she’s gets betrayed by who she thinks is an ally and burnt at the stake for charges.
Mary Tudor or Queen Mary I of England was infamously known as Bloody Mary. While many believe Bloody Mary was an evil monster, others believe she was a great queen because of her many accomplishments. Mary was actually a good devoted Catholic others still to this day believe she was an evil woman, but with these interesting facts it will be determined that Mary was a good queen.
She found out about this saint when her sister told her one day: “keep praying to Saint Peregrine”. She was not aware of whom this person was, but nevertheless, she took her sister’s word and continued to pray to him. Then suddenly one day, she received a small book with a picture of Saint Peregrine on the front, from my cousin Jonalyn. Inside was the story of Saint Peregrine’s upbringing and the miraculous tale of how his cancer was cured. Ever since then, my mother continued to learn about the saint and she acquired many pictures, statuettes and other little memorabilia that had any relation to this particular saint. She adored Saint Peregrine and what the stood for. My mom was able to turn to him whenever she was in need of help and eventually, her state became better. She is currently almost completely cancer-free, but until that day, she says she will continue to pray to Saint
Joan of Arc (Jehanne Darc) was born January 6th, 1412 in a little village of Domremy, France. She grew up as a faithful Catholic and a sweet, respectful maiden girl. According to a prediction, a young maiden girl would save France and sure enough Joan would be that girl. Starting at age twelve, she began having visions of different Angels and hearing voices from the Saints and God himself. And with these orders, she made a sacred promise to always stay a virgin and disobeyed her father even though he warn her not to be influence by this craziness. By the time she was nineteen, she was up on trial for claims of witchcraft even though she saved France. Throughout her adventures, she inspired others and showed she was no different even though she was a girl.
Joan had an active and upbeat life. This first major event in Joan’s life led to all the amazing things she had done. When Joan was thirteen she was visited by the saint Archangel Michael. Archangel Michael told Joan to go to church regularly and obey all rules. The saint also told her to take the Dauphin to Reims to be crowned kind (Bouett De Monvel 14). Many other saints came, like Saint Margaret and Saint Catherine. These saints told Joan to free the city of Orleans from British control (Pegues par 2). By the age of sixteen the visits and voices became more insistent on commanding Joan to go and save the king and Orleans.
“I’m sorry, I did not mean to do it.” These were the last words of historical figure, Marie Antoinette, right before being executed for treason. Being viewed as very scandalous in her day, she lived a very interesting life: making the famous quote, “Let them eat cake,” and being accused of treason.
Marie had just traveled from her hometown of Ville Rose, where discarding your child made you wicked, to the city of Port-Au-Prince, where children are commonly left on the street. Marie finds a child that she thinks could not be more beautiful, “I thought she was a gift from Heaven when I saw her on the dusty curb, wrapped in a small pink blanket, a few inches away from a sewer as open as a hungry child’s yawn” (79). Marie has suffered many miscarriages, so she takes this child as if it were her own, “I swayed her in my arms like she was and had always been mine” (82). Marie’s hope for a child has paid off, or so it seems. Later, it is revealed that the child is, in fact, dead, and Marie fabricated a story to sanction her hopes and distract her from the harsh reality of her life, “I knew I had to act with her because she was attracting flies and I was keeping her spirit from moving on…
Joan of Arc was born in the village of Domremy in 1412. Like many girls her age she was taught like many other young girls her age not how to read or write but to sew and spin. but unlike some girls her father was a peasant farmer. At a inferior age of thirteen she had experienced a vision known as a flash of light while hearing an unearthly voice that had enjoined her to be diligent in her religious duties and be modest. soon after at the age fifteen she imagined yet another unearthly voice that told her to go and fight for the Dauphin. She believed the voices she heard were the voices of St. Catherine and St. Margaret and many other people another being St. Michael. She believed they also told her to wear mens attire, cut her hair and pick up her arms. When she first told her confessor she did not believe her. When she tried telling the judges she explained to them how the voices told her it was her divine mission help the dauphin and rescue her country from the English from the darkest periods during the Hundred Years’ War and gain the French Throne. She is till this day one of the most heroic legends in womens history.
“I am not afraid… I was born to do this,” confidently stated the brave and courageous Joan of Arc on her feelings of leading an army into battle (Joan of Arc). From being born into an ordinary farming family in northeastern France to becoming canonized a saint, Joan lived a legacy. Her call to life a holy life from God and to lead France into many battles against England show her strong faith and trust in the Lord. The early life, uprising, downfall, and canonization of Joan of Arc are factors that summarize her extraordinary life. Her humility during the good times and her strength during bad times make Joan an admirable woman.
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots She became queen when she was only 6 days old. She was sent to France at age six to get married. She is the cousin of Queen Elizabeth I. Who is this elegant, yet struggling woman?
Christiane Amanpour was born on January 12, 1958, in London, England. Her mother is an English woman and her father is an Iranian man. She is the oldest of four sisters. Amanpour as a child spent time in Tehran, Iran as a renowned child jockey. As an 11 year old she went to a Catholic boarding school in England but her world was destroyed when a revolution toppled the shah of Iran making her an exile and forcing her to move. A few years later during her college years, Amanpour studied journalism and earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of Rhode Island. Amanpour first worked behind the cameras as a graphics designer at WJAR-TV in Providence. Leaving Providence to work as an assistant at the international assignment desk of CNN, Amanpour
St. Cecilia was believed to be born in 2nd century Rome. She was an only child in a wealthy Roman family, was well-educated, and had been a devout Christian from early in her childhood. Cecilia had vowed her virginity to God, but she was promised in marriage to a pagan man named Valerian. She wore sackcloth, fasted, and prayed to the saints and angels hoping to keep her promise to God. On their wedding night, Cecilia informed Valerian that an angel guarded her body and that Valerian must not disrespect her vow of virginity. Her prayers were answered, and Valerian was willing to take her as his wife without forcing her to break her vow. Her husband wanted to see the angel that guarded her, but Cecilia told him that he would need to be baptized in order to do so. Valerian went to be baptized by Pope Urban, and returned to Cecilia as a Christian. When he returned, he saw Cecilia praying in her bedroom. Next to her was an angel with flaming wings, and he was holding two crowns of rose and lilies. He crowned both and them, and then vanished.
“ Let them eat cake” was four words Marie Antoinette was most famous for. Some people say Marie Antoinette said “ let them eat cake” after learning that the peasants had lack of bread. Although historians say; there is no actual evidence that she ever said the words “let them eat cake”, this quote has always been known for being one of the most famous quotes in French history, said by Marie Antoinette. Since brioche, a french pastry, was made from dough enhanced with eggs and butter making it more expensive than bread. At some point around 1789, when being told that her French subjects had no bread Marie-Antoinette said “Qu’ils mangent de la brioche”, translation of; Let them eat cake (A&E Television Network 2013). The quote “let them eat cake” reflected Marie Antoinette obliviousness as to the condition of the people and how they were suffering due to widespread bread shortages.This quote was claimed to have been uttered during one of the famines that occurred in France during the reign of her husband, Louis XVI. Other people believe she stated that on her way to the guillotine when being forced by a mob of the starving French peasants, she said “let them eat cake!” (HistoryChannel 2011).
Joan of Arc seen her first vision of figures of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret when she was twelve years old alone in a field. When Joan of Arc was thirteen and in her father’s one summer day she heard a voice from God giving help and guidance commanding her to renew the French Nation. With these visions she became more religious.