Nostradamus

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Nostradamus

1503–1566

Best known for the mysterious verses collected in Les Prophéties, this 16th-century French astrologer and physician has fascinated readers for centuries. His cryptic predictions, part history, part legend, still invite debate about what he really meant.

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The true prophecies or prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best astronomers that ever were.

The true prophecies or prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best astronomers that ever were.

by Nostradamus

About the author

Born Michel de Nostredame in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in 1503, Nostradamus trained in medicine and became known in France during a time marked by repeated outbreaks of plague. Alongside his medical work, he wrote annual almanacs that helped build his reputation as an astrologer and commentator on future events.

He is most closely associated with Les Prophéties, a collection of short, highly allusive verses first published in 1555 and expanded in later editions. Written in dense, symbolic language, the book made him famous in his own lifetime and helped turn him into one of history’s most enduring prophetic figures.

Nostradamus died in 1566 in Salon-de-Provence. Since then, his writings have been read, reinterpreted, and argued over again and again, with admirers seeing remarkable foresight and skeptics pointing to the flexibility of his language.