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Nostradamus

1503 - 1566

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Michel de Nostredame (December 1503 – July 1566), usually Latinised as Nostradamus, was a French astrologer, apothecary, physician, and reputed seer, who is best known for his book Les Prophéties (published in 1555), a collection of 942 poetic quatrains allegedly predicting future events. Nostradamus's father's family had originally been Jewish, but had converted to Catholic Christianity a generation before Nostradamus was born. He studied at the University of Avignon, but was forced to leave after just over a year when the university closed due to an outbreak of the plague. He worked as an apothecary for several years before entering the University of Montpellier, hoping to earn a doctorate, but was almost immediately expelled after his work as an apothecary (a manual trade forbidden by university statutes) was discovered. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nostradamus is the most popular occultist, the 21st most popular biography from France (up from 29th in 2019) and the most popular French Occultist.

Nostradamus is most famous for predicting the future.

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Among OCCULTISTS

Among occultists, Nostradamus ranks 1 out of 41. After him are Grigori Rasputin, Aleister Crowley, Baba Vanga, John Dee, Anton LaVey, Helena Blavatsky, Count of St. Germain, Éliphas Lévi, Alessandro Cagliostro, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, and Allan Kardec.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1503, Nostradamus ranks 1. After him are Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Bronzino, Isabella of Portugal, Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Parmigianino, Christian III of Denmark, Henry II of Navarre, Pier Luigi Farnese, Duke of Parma, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, Robert Estienne, and Gerolama Orsini. Among people deceased in 1566, Nostradamus ranks 2. Before him is Suleiman the Magnificent. After him are Bartolomé de las Casas, Diane de Poitiers, Nikola IV Zrinski, Daniele da Volterra, Louise Labé, Leonhart Fuchs, Antonio de Cabezón, Sigismund von Herberstein, Margaret Paleologa, and Lambert Lombard.

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In France

Among people born in France, Nostradamus ranks 21 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Paul Sartre (1905), Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807), Louis XV of France (1710), Edward IV of England (1442), Alexandre Dumas (1802), and Charles de Gaulle (1890). After him are Honoré de Balzac (1799), Henri Matisse (1869), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900), Caracalla (188), Édith Piaf (1915), and Antoine Lavoisier (1743).

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Among OCCULTISTS In France

Among occultists born in France, Nostradamus ranks 1. After him are Éliphas Lévi (1810), Allan Kardec (1804), Louis Claude de Saint-Martin (1743), Stanislas de Guaita (1861), and Joséphin Péladan (1858).

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