After the death of Franciscomany people began to theorize about Michel de Nostradamus, author of a series of prophecies, among which one that talks about the Church future and the world.
Born on December 14, 1503 in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence as Notredame Micheland four centuries of his death, which occurred in the first days of July 1566 in the neighboring town of Salon-de-Provéncehe is still talking about what he wrote with him Latin name that gave himself: Nostradamus. Registered in his grave, you can read: “Here rest the mortal remains of the Illustrious Michel Nostradamus, the only dignified man, in the opinion of all mortals, to write with almost divine pen, under the influence of the stars, the future of the world.”
Who was Nostradamus and what owes its popularity
Before captivating millions of human beings with their visions, Notredame Michel chose the science: His name emerged first from his outstanding work as doctor In the plague outbreaks attacked by the cities of Aix and Lyon in 1546-1547. The source of his knowledge, which extended to mathematics and astrology, is unknown, since the British encyclopedia emphasizes that he never obtained a medical title, and was even expelled from the school of Medicine.
He began to make prophecies at that time and then, in 1555, he published them in a book he called Centurias. It consists of Rhymed quartets grouped from A hundredswith each set of one hundred called centuria. In a letter, he said that the material for his texts arose from “continuous night vigils“, where I accessed” visions that God has made me known through a cosmic revolution. “He justified his clairvoyance in the cyclic movements of the stars:” Everything is governed and governed by the invaluable power of God that manifests itself not in the midst of Bacchic fury, but in astrological relationships. “
To express them he developed a intricate and loaded with neologismswhich extracted from Latin, Greek, Spanish, Celtic and Provencal roots. Nostradamus himself explained the reason in a Letter to the French monarch Enrique IIto whom he dedicated a second edition of the centuries in 1558: “To preserve the secret of these events, it is convenient to use enigmatic phrases and words in themselves, although each respond to a specific meaning.”
Both today and then, the metaphorical nature of Nostradamus texts was used to question its prophetic value. However, something changed when the next year of receiving the dedicated book, Enrique II suffered a tragic accident in a tournament held during his daughter’s wedding: a spear soft by Gabriel, count of Montgomery, crossed the visor of his armor, gave in his eye and resulted in a infection for which he was treated eleven days until he died.
In Cuarteta 35 of the first century, Nostradamus had written: “The young lion to the old will exceed/ in war field by singular duel/ in gold cage the eyes will cross/ two clashes one later to die cruel death.” Thus, the end of the King of France -Originated by a 11-year-old man in a sports duel from an ocular wound that crossed the gold of his visor and plunged him into agony- he was found by some in Nostradamus’s texts, and gave his fame the impulse whose echo accompanies him to the present.
After that event, he was invited to the Catina de Médicis cut, Queen Consort of Enrique II, to make the horoscopes of their children. Later, in 1564, the French king Carlos IX He was appointed his GP. In parallel, Nostradamus continued writing and expanding his prophetic workwhich culminated with 942 quartets. Although his centuries were widely discussed, the Church never pursued him or condemned his writings, among which many believe they see clues about the next bishop of Rome and the very future of humanity.
The theory about the new Pope that Nostramus did
Specifically, the prophecy that many people tax Nostradamus And that he would apply in this moment of papal succession is: “First, a foreign Pope will come, then an old Pope, and finally, a black Pope. With him, the end of the world.” According to this theory, the first place would correspond to Benedict XVI, of German origin, the second to Francisco, who assumed his pontificate at age 76 and the third to an eventual High pontiffpresumably of African origin, which could reach the San Pedro throne In the next conclave.
Although this text is not found in the centuries, and has a flat style that costs to associate with that of the Prophet Provencalit is still a disturbing message in the times. Similarly, his analysis admits various hypotheses: not only Benedict XVI was a foreigner, but also his predecessor, John Paul II, born as Karol Józef Wojtyła in Poland. In addition, Joseph Ratzinger himself agreed to the position at 78, an even more advanced age than that of Bergoglio at the time of being elected. In this reading, “Black Pope“It would not have been another than Francisco.
Likewise, there was no lack of those who pointed out that in the order of the Jesuits, to which it belonged Jorge Bergogliothe highest authority is informally called “The Black Pope“, for the counterweight power he has with him Bishop of Rome. Although Jorge Bergoglio was not superior general of the Society of Jesus or “Black Pope” when he was chosen for the throne of St. Peter, there are those who separate this fact and argue that his belonging to the order already reaches to name him as “the black Pope” and bring the timeline of the end of the world.
Despite this, speculations escape the figure of Nostradamus, which is still the object of debate about what he said and what they attributeas a consequence of the astonishment that generated in his time and still remains in modern times.
