Nostradamus
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Once, while passing through Italy, bowed before a young
Franciscan monk, addressing him as "His Holiness." Others around him
did understand his strange behavior and the reasons as to why someone
would call a mere monk by such a title. However, years later, and after
' death, that monk became Pop ....
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.... methods, he cured many victims of the plague who
were previously labeled incurable. He later went back to Montpelier to
earn his doctoral degree in medicine.
Although Nostradamus was very interested in medicine, he began
reading books about the occult and took a fancy to predicting the future.
In 1550, he published his first book which contained prophecies for the
coming year. The almanac proved so successful and accurate that he began
publishing them annually. After several ye ....
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