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Nostradamus, born Michel de Nostredame on December 14, 1503, was the most celebrated physician and occultist of his day. Showing a great intellect from his early years, he studied a range of subjects including Latin, Greek, mathematics and celestial sciences. Later, his enthusiasm for the occult and his reputation for prophecy would stir the suspicions of the Inquisition, forcing Nostradamus to continually travel to evade the Church authorities.

At fifty years in age, Nostradamus finally settled into semi-retirement in the town of Salon where he married and concentrated on his writings, producing annual almanacs and books of prophecy. He is said to have foreseen the rise and fall of Napoleon and Hitler, the assassination of the Kennedys, and perhaps the advent of the third World War. However, there is debate as to the volume of writings he produced and the interpretation of the works that have survived through the ages. Nostradamus himself mentions that he burnt many of his books once he finished them, but this seems unlikely given the profound dedication to his work over the course of his life. Rather, this was probably an attempt to mislead Church authorities and to potentially conceal important prophetic books for a later time when they would be truly useful to humanity.

Nostradamus's most well known work is a book titled Les Propheties (The Prophecies), published in installments from 1555–1558. He met his death by disease during the night of July 1, 1566.

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