and in 1920 nearly 500 years after her death, she was canonized a saint by pope benedict xv. and remains france's patron saint today. she's been further immortalized in arts and literature and in movies like "the messenger t ". her short hair cited as the inspiration for the hairdresser that created the bob that became popular during the roaring '20s. and her name still invoked when celebrating modern women of courage. she said one life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. but to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief that is a fate more terrible than dying. an enduring message from a young woman who made the ultimate sacrifice for her beliefs on this day, may 30th, 1431.