From: kldi@tum.de   
      
   Carlos Roithmayr schrieb am Dienstag, 28. Februar 2023 um 05:30:10 UTC+1:   
   > 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.   
      
   when following the link you gave in your post one sees a picture and the title   
   "Joan of Arc Statue" - right below it says "home at last" - yet another hidden   
   link to a later piece in Steely Dan's oevre? :-)   
      
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