Nostradamus

Death of Nostradamus

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Nostadamus, was a French astrologer and physician, whose prophecies earned him fame and a loyal following during his lifetime.

In the centuries since his death, people have credited him with accurately predicting pivotal events in history, from the French Revolution, to the rise of Adolf Hitler, to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and even the 2020 coronavirus.

His book, 'The Prophecies', was published in 1555, and has since earned him worldwide fame.

According to Nostradamus, the world is slated to end in the year 3797.

Nostradamus was born Michel de Nostradame on December 14th or 21st, 1503, in the south of France in Saint-Remy-de-Provence.

Little is known of his childhood, but evidence indicates, he was very intelligent, as he quickly advanced through school.

At the age of 14, Nostradamus entered the University of Avignon to study medicine.

He was forced to leave after only one year, however, due to an outbreak of the Bubonic Plague.

According to his own account, he traveled throughout the countryside during this time, researching herbal remedies and working as an apothecary.

In 1522 he entered the University of Montpelier, to complete his doctorate in medicine.

He received his license to practice medicine in 1525.

At this time, he Latinized his name, as was the custom of many medieval academics, from Nostradame to Nostradamus.

Over the next several years, Nostradamus traveled throughout France and Italy, treating victims of the plague.

There was no known remedy at the time; most doctors relied on potions made of mercury, the practice of bloodletting and dressing patients in garlic-soaked robes.

Nostradamus had developed some very progressive methods for dealing with the plague.

He didn’t bleed his patients, instead practicing effective hygiene and encouraging the removal of the infected corpses from city streets.

His cure rate was impressive, though much can be attributed to keeping his patients clean, administering low-fat diets and providing plenty of fresh air.

In time, Nostradamus found himself somewhat of a local celebrity for his treatments, and received financial support from many of the citizens of Provence.

In 1534, his wife and children died, presumably of the plague, while he was traveling on a medical mission to Italy.

Not being able to save his wife and children, caused him to fall out of favor in the community.

During his travels to the ancient mystery schools, it is believed that Nostradamus experienced a psychic awakening.

One of the legends of Nostradamus says that, during his travels in Italy, he came upon a group of Franciscan monks, identifying one as the future Pope.

The monk, called Felice Peretti, was ordained Pope Sixtus V in 1585, fulfilling the prediction of Nostradamus.

Nostradamus returned to France, to resume his practice of treating plague victims.

In 1547, he settled in his hometown of Salon-de-Province and married a rich widow named Anne Ponsarde.

Together they had six children, three boys and three girls.

Within a few years of his settling into Salon, Nostradamus began moving away from medicine and more toward the occult.

It is said that he would spend hours in his study at night meditating in front of a bowl filled with water and herbs.

The meditation would bring on a trance and visions.

It is believed the visions were the basis of his predictions for the future.

Nostradamus began writing about his visions and incorporating them into his first almanac.

The publication received a great response, and served to spread his name all across France, which encouraged Nostradamus to write more.

Nostradamus ran into some controversy with his predictions, as some thought he was a servant of the devil, and others said he was a fake or insane.

However, many more believed the prophecies were spiritually inspired.

He became famous and in demand by many of Europe’s elite.

Catherine de Medici, the wife of King Henri II of France, was one of Nostradamus’ greatest admirers.

After reading his papers of 1555, where he hinted at unnamed threats to her family, she summoned him to Paris to explain and draw up horoscopes for her children.

A few years later, she made him Counselor and Physician-in-Ordinary to King Henri’s court.

In 1556, while serving in this capacity Nostradamus also explained another prophecy, which was assumed to refer to King Henri.

The prophecy told of a “young lion” who would overcome an older one on the field of battle.

The young lion would pierce the eye of the older one and he would die a cruel death.

Nostradamus warned the king he should avoid ceremonial jousting. Three years later, when King Henri was 41 years old, he died in a jousting match when a lance from this opponent pierced the king’s visor and entered his head behind the eye deep into his brain.

He held on to life for 10 agonizing days before finally dying of infection.

Nostradamus suffered from gout and arthritis for most of his. adulthood.

In the last years of his life, the condition turned into edema or dropsy, where abnormal amounts of fluid accumulate beneath the skin or within cavities of the body.

Without treatment, the condition resulted in congestive heart failure.

In late June of 1566, Nostradamus asked to see his lawyer to draw up an extensive will, leaving much of his estate to his wife and children.

On the evening of July 1st, he is alleged to have told his secretary Jean de Chavigny~

“You will not fine me alive at sunrise.”

The next morning, he was reportedly found dead, lying on the floor next to his bed.

He was buried in the local Franciscan chapel in Salon, but re-interred during the French Revolution, in the Collégiale Saint-Laurent, where his tomb remains to this day.

Most of Nostradamus' visions, dealt with disasters, such as earthquakes, wars, floods, invasions, murders, droughts, battles and plagues.

Nostradamus enthusiasts have credited him with predicting numerous events in world history, including the French Revolution, The rise of Napoleon, and Hitler.

The development of the atomic bomb, the assassination of JFK, and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre.

More recently, enthusiasts claim that Nostradamus predicted the rise of COVID-19 when he wrote,

“Near the gates and within two cities/There will be two scourges the like of which was never seen.

Famine within plague, people put out by steel/Crying to the great immortal God for relief.”

Nostradamus’ popularity, seems to be due in part to the fact that the vagueness of his writings and their lack of specific dates make it easy to selectively quote them after any major dramatic events and retrospectively claim them as true.

Some scholars believe he was not writing to be a prophet but writing to comment on events of his time and the people in it.

Whatever his method or intentions, Nostradamus’ timeless predictions continue to make him popular to those seeking answers to life’s more difficult questions.

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Source~History.com.

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Nostradamus's current tomb in the Collégiale Saint-Laurent in Salon-de-Provence in the south of France, into which his scattered remains were transferred after 1789