Michel de Nostredame began life in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in December 1503 and died in Salon-de-Provence in July 1566. He trained as a physician and worked as an apothecary. He wrote almanacs, translated texts, and served as an astrological consultant. Les Prophéties (1555) is his best-known book. It contains 942 poetic quatrains that built a wide public …
Answer up front: Michel de Nostredame passed away in Salon-de-Provence on July 1 or 2, 1566. He suffered years of painful gout that progressed to edema. Historical accounts note a will made in late June 1566 and a final, eerie report that he told his secretary Jean de Chavigny he would not be alive at …
Michel de Nostredame began life in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in December 1503 and died in Salon-de-Provence in early July 1566. He trained as a physician and worked as an apothecary while also serving nobles and even Catherine de’ Medici. He gained fame for a book titled Les Prophéties, first published in 1555. That volume of 942 quatrains …
Michel de Nostredame rose in the Renaissance as an apothecary, physician, astrologer, and teller of poetic quatrains. Born in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence in 1503, he published Les Prophéties in 1555, a volume of 942 short poems that fueled centuries of fascination with predictions and alleged prophecies. His almanacs and quatrains won attention from patrons like Catherine de’ …