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Nostradamus was one of the most famous prophets in history. But who was Michel Nostradamus really? #Nostradamus #prophecies #biography
Michel de Nôtre-Dame, also called Michel Nostradame, was born in late 1503 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. He was the son of a notary and the granddaughter of a doctor. His paternal family was of Jewish descent, but one of his ancestors, his grandfather, converted to Catholicism under a royal edict and chose a religious surname: Nôtre-Dame, that is, Our Lady. As an adult, Michel Latinized that surname and called himself Nostradamus.
He studied medicine and practiced as an apothecary, but he began to move away from the path of medicine and began to turn more and more to astrology and the divinatory arts, a hobby that he had been very fond of since childhood. In 1550 he wrote his first almanac, a type of publication quite popular at the time that consisted of a series of prophecies about events that were to happen throughout the year, and signed it as Nostradamus, a name worthy of a wise man with abilities. clairvoyance.
His publications, always written in cryptic language, full of Latin words, far-fetched terms, words from other languages and intentional grammatical errors, were so convoluted that they allowed for different interpretations, something very useful when it comes to getting predictions right, but he justified it by stating that he wrote in such an abstruse way so that the common people would not easily access the celestial truths that he received due to his high degree of inspiration. Although, if that was his intention, why publish them? Some sources say that what he was actually trying to use cryptic language was to avoid the Inquisition.
His popularity as a seer began to grow, and he soon received visits and messages from people all over France, asking him to predict their future. Upon discovering the success he was having, Nostradamus collapsed and, in 1555, published in Lyon a book entitled 'The Prophecies of M. Michel Nostradamus', made up of 353 quatrains, predicting future events in France and Europe. And, thanks to that work, Nostradamus became famous throughout France. Each time he brought out a new edition of the book, he added new four-line poems to it. The last edition he published had 942 grouped into 10 centuries.
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