For almost 500 years, enthusiasts have been trying to decipher the quatrains of Nostradamus, and historians have been trying to refute his gift of a prophet. However, one prediction of the alchemist came true for sure.
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Michel de Nostrdam was born in 1503 in France. According to various versions, he began to write the surname in the Latin manner, that is, Nostradamus, in 1522, after completing his studies, in 1534, having received his doctorate, or in 1550, after the publication of the first almanac. Michel did not have a piet before the name of his ancestors - the surname Nostrdam is not generic. It was received by his grandfather, nee Gassone, when he converted from Judaism to Catholicism.
Inappropriate behavior
Received an excellent education. From the age of 14 he studied at the University of Avignon, and later in Montpellier. The main preferences of the future prophet were medicine and pharmaceuticals, not astrology. True, the fascination with the pharmaceutical business almost cost Michel his diploma. In those years, pharmacists and surgeons were considered artisans unworthy of training in medicine.
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He was surrounded by envious people and critics. Piercing epigrams were dedicated to Nostradamus and accused of lying, then of secret Judaism, then of dealing with the devil. An anonymous poet nicknamed him Monstradamus. Michel did not remain in debt, publicly calling the detractors "brutes and ignoramuses."
Miraculous healing
In 1546 he went as a volunteer to the plague-ridden Aix-en-Provence. For prevention, it gives residents a powder of its own preparation: from iris, cloves, reeds, roses and cypress sawdust. From the point of view of modern medicine, it is a disinfectant. The plague has receded. Nostradamus was given a life pension.
Profitable business
Had eight children. He was well-off: he kept a hotel, received royalties from the publishing house, sold ointments and cosmetics. Shortly before the death of Nostradamus, Charles IX appointed him as royal advisor and physician to the life. He died on July 2, 1566 from complications of gout.
Go to circulation
Carried away by astrology, Nostradamus, when he was already over forty. Once a year he published in huge circulations astrological almanacs that have become fashionable. The main work "The Prophecies of Michel Nostradamus" was published in 1555.
A fulfilled prophecy
In the preface to the almanac, Nostradamus wrote: "And after death my name will live in the Universe." The rest of the prophecies are written in vague, interpreters cleverly summarize events under them. The son of Nostradamus, Cesar, in his book justifies his father: "Such things cannot be defiled with common language."
Bad reputation
In 1559, Henry II organized a knightly tournament. During the fight, the opponent accidentally knocked out the eye of the monarch with a spear. Heinrich died. The courtiers remembered that this is described in the astrological almanac of a certain Nostradamus. And although the prophet himself said that his completely different prophecy points to the death of Henry, they paid attention to Nostradamus at the royal court.
Judgment Day
The first researcher of the astrologer, his student Jean-Aimé de Chavigny, claimed that the prophet predicted the day and hour of his death. But historians warn: Chavigny deified the teacher, not all data are reliable.
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