Portal:Catholic Church/Selected anniversaries/May 7
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- 1092 - Death of Remigius de Fécamp.
- 1274 - In France, the Second Council of Lyons opens to regulate the election of the Pope.
- 1429 - Joan of Arc ends the Siege of Orléans, pulling an arrow from her own shoulder and returning wounded to lead the final charge. The victory marks a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.
- 1999 - Pope John Paul II (pictured) travels to Romania becoming the first pope that had visited a predominantly Eastern Orthodox country since the Great Schism in 1054.