Vatican. Malachy of Armagh. Prophecy of the Popes

(The figure on the right shows part of the page with the end of the "Prophecy of the Popes" in the "Tree of Life", lat. "Lignum Vitae",^[1] 1595, p.311)

The «Prophecy of the Popes» was first published in 1595 by Arnold de Wyon, as part of his book (лат. «Lignum Vitae»).^[1] This prophecy is attributed to St. Malachy (1094—1148), the Archbishop of Armagh in Ireland. The Prophecy consists of 111 short single-line paragraphs and two multiple-line paragraphs. These 113 paragraphs describe the Roman Popes, beginning from Pope Celestine II (whose papacy has begun on September 26, 1143).

The text published by Villon contains prophetic phrases (mottoes), the names of the respective Popes, and explanations of the mottos for the first 74 Popes whose pontificate ended before 1590 (the year the text of the prophecy was discovered). The last pope from this group was Urban VII (1590).

Then there are 3 mottos (from the 75th to the 77th) and the names of the corresponding 3 Popes (Gregory XIV, Innocent IX and Clement VIII), whose pontificate began before 1595 (the year the prophecy was published): Mottos and names are published for these 3 Popes, but no explanation.

Further prophetic mottos, beginning with the 78th motto, corresponding to future popes, are given without any comment.

According to the most widespread interpretation Benedict XVI corresponds to the 111th motto lat. «Gloria Oliuae», i.e. eng. «Glory of the olive».

There are two more paragraphs in the original Latin text of the prophecy (the image at the right):

lat. In psecutione extrema S.R.E. ſedebit.
eng. In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit.

lat. Petrus Romanus, qui paſcet oues in multis tribulationibus: quibus tranſactis ciuitas ſepticollis diruetur, & Iudex tremẽdus iudicabit populum ſuum. Finis.
eng. Peter the Roman, who will nourish the sheep in many tribulations; when they are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The end.

It follows that Pope Francis is associated with the 112th motto «In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit.» and he is the Penultimate Pope.

This prophecy also predicts (see below) that Thursday, March 18, 2032 will be the last day of the pontificate of the last Pope.

Prophecy of the Popes

At the table below the original Latin text of the Prophecy of the Popes (including punctuation and orthography) is shown against a dark background. The prophecy was published in 1595.^[1]

	Motto (latin)		Pope's Name (latin)	Explanation (latin)
Pope No.		Motto No. and translation	Regnal Name (Reign)	Explanation
	Ex caſtro Tiberis.		Cœleſtinus. ij.	Typhernas.
167		1. From a castle of the Tiber.	Celestine II (1143—1144)	An inhabitant of Tifernum.
		...	...	...
...		...	...	...
	Axis in medietate ſigni.		Sixtus. V.	qui axem in medio Leonis in armis geſtat.
229		73. Axle in the midst of a sign.	Sixtus V (1585—1590)	Who bears in his arms an axle in the middle of a lion.
	De rore cœli.		Vrbanus. VII.	qui fuit Archiepiſcopus Roſſanenſis in Calabria, ubi mãna colligitur.
230		74. From the dew of the sky.	Urban VII (1590)	Who was Archbishop of Rossano in Calabria, where manna is collected.
	Motto (latin)		Pope's Name (latin)
Pope No.		Motto No. and translation	Regnal Name (Reign)	Explanation
	Ex antiquitate Vrbis.		Gregorius. XIIII.
231		75. Of the antiquity of the city.	Gregory XIV (1590—1591)	His father was a senator of the ancient city of Milan. The word "senator" is derived from the Latin word "senex", meaning old man.
	Pia ciuitas in bello.		Innocentius. IX.
232		76. Pious city in war.	Innocent IX (1591)	He was the Patriarch of Jerusalem before succeeding to the Papacy.
	Crux Romulea.		Clemens. VIII.
233		77. Cross of Romulus.	Clement VIII (1592—1605)	He had been a cardinal with the title of Saint Pancratius. Saint Pancratius was a Roman martyr.
	Motto (latin)
Pope No.		Motto No. and translation	Regnal Name (Reign)	Explanation
		...
...		...	...	...
	Fides intrepida.
261		105. Intrepid faith.	Pius XI (1922—1939)	Established Vatican City as a country and the papacy as a head of state.
	Paſtor angelicus.
262		106. Angelic shepherd.	Ven. Pius XII (1939—1958)	Pius XII explicitly invoked ex cathedra papal infallibility with the dogma of the Assumption of Mary in his 1950 Apostolic constitution Munificentissimus Deus.
	Paſtor & nauta.
263		107. Shepherd and sailor.	Bl. John XXIII (1958—1963)	From Venice, a maritime city.
	Flos florum.
264		108. Flower of flowers.	Paul VI (1963—1978)	His coat of arms features three lilies. Song of Songs: lily — flower of flowers (Sgs.2:2, Sgs.5:13, Sgs.6:2).
	De medietate lunæ.
265		109. From the midst of the moon.	John Paul I (1978)	His month-long reign began with the moon half-full.
	De labore ſolis.
266		110. From the labor of the sun.	Bl. John Paul II (1978—2005)	Born on the day of a solar eclipse.
	Gloria oliuæ.
267		111. Glory of the olive.	Benedict XVI (2005—2013)	Chose the name Benedict after St. Benedict who started the Benedictine order whose Crest is an Olive Branch.
	In psecutione extrema S.R.E. ſedebit.
268		112. In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit.	Francis (2013—)	His motto, «Miserando atque eligendo», is taken from a homily of St. Bede on Мat 9:9-13, who commented that Jesus "saw the tax collector and, because he saw him through the eyes of mercy and chose him, he said to him: 'Follow me'".
	Petrus Romanus, qui paſcet oues in multis tribulationibus: quibus tranſactis ciuitas ſepticollis diruetur, & Iudex tremẽdus iudicabit populum ſuum. Finis.
269		113. Peter the Roman, who will nourish the sheep in many tribulations; when they are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the dreadful judge will judge his people. The end.

Two more Popes after Benedict XVI

Practically all commentators agree that Benedict XVI corresponds to the 111th motto lat. «Gloria Oliuae», i.e. eng. «Glory of the olive».

Let us carefully consider the last two paragraphs of the Latin text of the prophecy:

lat. In psecutione extrema S.R.E. ſedebit.
eng. In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit.

Often these two paragraphs are combined together as the prophecy of the last Pope Petrus Romanus:

«In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit Peter the Roman, who will pasture his sheep in many tribulations: and when these things are finished, the city of seven hills will be destroyed, and the terrible judge will judge his people. The End.»

However it is more appropriate to think of these two paragraphs as representing two separate mottos corresponding to two last popes. The reasons for this are as follows:
1) There is a period [.] at the end of the first sentence that makes a statement: «In persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit.» It is not correct to read here: «…will sit Petrus Romanus». Similarly, every previous motto has a period at the end, i.e. every previous motto is a complete sentence.
2) Each of two last prophecies — «In persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit.» and «Petrus Romanus, qui paſcet oues…» — makes a separate paragraph. Similarly, every motto makes a separate paragraph. The only difference is that the first 111 mottos are sufficiently short to fit in a single line. Each one of the two last mottos is longer than a single line, so the paragraph's feature is obvious here. «Lignum Vitae» uses a hanging indent, i.e. indents the rest of the text while leaving the first line in place.

The Penultimate Pope in the extreme persecution

As discussed above, Pope Benedict XVI corresponds to the 111th motto лат. «Gloria Oliuae».

The next Pope, Pope Francis, is described in the prophecy as:
«In persecutione extrema S.R.E. sedebit.»

The literal translation from original Latin is:
«In the extreme persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit.»

Sometimes the extreme persecution is interpreted as the final persecution:
«In the final persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit.»

Sometimes the extreme persecution is interpreted as the extremely severe persecution:
«In the extremely severe persecution of the Holy Roman Church, there will sit.»

The difference of the above translations is not essantial, because the final persecution of the Church is always considered as the most severe persecution.

The Last Day of the Last Pontificate

There exists another fascinating hypothesis. The phrase «Axle in the midst of a sign» (lat. «Axis in medietate ſigni»), which describes the pontificate of Sixtus V, can be interpreted as pointing out the exact middle of the reign of all the Popes described in the prophecy. In support of such a thesis we have the claim of Jean-Paul Cleber (Clébert, Jean-Paul, Prophéties de Nostradamus, 2003) which states that in the dictionaries of XVI century the Latin word for «sign» could also mean «prophecy». So, the phrase «Axis in medietate ſigni» could be translated as the «Axis of the middle of the prophecy».

Using this, let us attempt to compute the time of the end of the Prophecy of the Popes:

The pontificate of Celestine II, the first Pope of the prophecy, began on September 26, 1143. The papacy of Sixtus V began on April 24, 1585 and ended on August 27, 1590. The middle of his reign falls on December 25, 1587. We are going to consider this date as the «Axis of the middle of the prophecy». Between September 26, 1143 and December 25, 1587 there are 162251 days. If we add as many days to December 25, 1587, we arrive at Thursday, March 18, 2032.

Therefore, Thursday, March 18, 2032 must be the last day of the pontificate of the last Pope.

It is interesting to note that from September 26, 1143 to March 18, 2032 there will pass 888 years and 174 days. The gematria of the name Jesus, «Ιησους», makes up the number
888 = (Ι=10) + (η=8) + (σ=200) + (ο=70) + (υ=400) + (σ=200).

Примечания

↑ Arnold de Wyon. Lignum Vitae. 1595

Bibliography

Clébert, Jean-Paul, Prophéties de Nostradamus, 2003
"Prophecy of the Popes" on Google Books

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