Who Is Nostradamus? Uncovering the Prophet’s Predictions
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’ …