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Nostradamus: Michel Nostradamus
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In 1550 Nostradamus moved to Salon-de-Provence (map D2) and began writing a series of prophecies in quatrains, four-line rhyming verses. By 1555 he published his work as the Centuries, a book containing 100 verses per section. [A Beyond reader suggests that "Michel moved to Salon in 1547-48. He taught medicine at Montpellier in 1530."]
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The renowned prophet Nostradamus (Michel de Nostradame) was born on December 14, 1503 in St. Remy, Provence, France. Nostradamus came from a long line of Jewish doctors and scholars. His family had converted from Judaism to Christianity in 1502, as a result of persecution on the ascension of Louis the XII. After a classical education he studied medicine, herbalism and astrology.
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It was on this date, July 2, 1566, that the great prophet of the Middle Ages, Michel de Nostredame, whose Latinized name is Nostradamus, died — as he predicted — in Salon, France. His career, as mystic, doctor, astrologer, apothecary, and writer, was that of a Freethinker, although he died a Catholic. He was born on 14 December 1503 in St. Remi, the son of Jewish parents compelled by the Inquisition to adopt Christianity.
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Michel de Nostradame, more commonly known as Nostradamus, was born on December 14, 1503, in St. Remy de Provence. He was a seer and a time traveler living in 2 realities. He ... was adept in astrology and astronomy, and, along with his own clairvoyance. He used both sciences to interpret the visions he received in the secrecy of his study.
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Michel de Notredame, commonly called Nostradamus, was born in December 1503 in the south of France. His family was of Jewish heritage but had converted to Catholicism during a period of religious intolerance (unwillingness to give freedom to people who have different beliefs) and prejudice (hostility aimed at a person or group of people based on their beliefs, looks, or habits). Both of his grandfathers were scholars and instructed Nostradamus themselves when he was young. One grandfather was a physician. The other taught him classical languages.
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In 1547 Nostradamus settled in Salon, married a rich widow named Anne Ponsarde Gemelle, and exchanged his medical caduceus for a prophet's robes. He started publishing annual almanacs in 1550, and, emboldened by their success, eventually composed the work for which he is known today, The Prophecies of Michel Nostradamus, published in 1555. According to a letter to his son César, which forms the preface to his work, he intended for his prophecies to be obscure because he feared clerical persecution — although one might argue that that should not have been a problem for a man who could see the future!
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