From: croithmayr@cox.net   
      
   On Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 10:09:09 PM UTC-5, John Knox wrote:   
   > A small comment about something I didn't see in the thread: Joan of Arc was   
   known as "The Maid of Orléans," for her role in the Siege of Orléans. And of   
   course she was a martyr. So one legit interpretation is that the "shrine of   
   the martyrs" refers    
   to the city of New Orleans itself.    
   >    
   > For the other interpretation about the local martyr's shrine: Tulane Ave. is   
   not far to the west of the French Quarter, but the shrine to Francis Xavier   
   Seelos is farther south of the Quarter and southeast of the Quarter, on the   
   other side of U.S.    
   Highway 90. But, that could still be what was meant.    
   >    
   > Thanks for this multi-decadal thread!    
   >    
   > John Knox   
      
   The bio of Fr. Seelos does not indicate he was in any way a martyr.  Joan of   
   Arc, of course, was martyred, and this makes the most sense to me.  There is a   
   statue of her in the heart of the French Quarter, see https://ne   
   orleanshistorical.org/items/show/   
   1478  The year of the statue's first appearance roughly matches the time the   
   song was recorded.     
      
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