Nostradamus and the Pope
St. Malachy, was born in Armagh, Ireland in 1094. St. Bernard said he was a member of the nobility. His actual name was Maelmhaedhoc which was Latinized as Malachy. He was ordained priest by St. Cellach (Celsus) in 1119, became Abbot of Bangor in 1123 and a year later, was consecrated Bishop of Connor. In 1132, he was promoted to the primacy of Armagh.In 1139 he went to Rome to give an account of the affairs of his diocese to pope Innocent II. While at Rome, he received (according to the Abbé Cucherat) the strange vision of the future from which he recorded a list of pontiffs who were to rule the Church until the end of time. The same author tells us that St. Malachy gave his manuscript to Innocent II to console him in the midst of his tribulations, (he was only one of three popes reigning at the same time), and that the document remained unknown in the Roman Archives until its discovery in 1590 (Cucherat, "Proph. de la succession des papes", ch. xv).
Malachy's prophecies were first published by Arnold de Wyon, and ever since there has been a controversy over whether they are genuine predictions of St. Malachy or forgeries. The silence of 400 years on the part of so many authors who had written about the popes, and the silence of St. Bernard especially, who wrote the "Life of St. Malachy", is a strong argument against their authenticity. However, if we consider Cucherat's theory that they were hidden in the Archives during those 400 years, it is certainly possible that they are authentic.
The prevailing view today is that they are elaborate forgeries, probably perpretrated by a school of Jesuits in the 1600s.
Malachy's prophecies consist of 112 short prophetical announcements, expressed as "mystical titles," highlighting some noticeable trait of all future popes from Celestine II, who was elected in the year 1130, until the purported end of the world.
Those who have undertaken to interpret and explain these symbolical prophecies have certainly noted some validity in their application to the individual popes, either as to their country, their name, their coat of arms or insignia, their birth-place, their talent or learning, the title of their cardinalate, the dignities which they held etc. For example, the prophecy concerning Urban VIII is Lilium et Rosa (the lily and the rose); he was a native of Florence and on the arms of Florence figured a fleur-de-lis; he had three bees emblazoned on his escutcheon, and the bees gather honey from the lilies and roses. So it can be seen that Malachy's pronouncement is remarkably coincidental.
In other cases, the "mystical title" relates to some some remarkable circumstance in the pope's career; thus Peregrinus apostolicus (pilgrim pope), which designates Pius VI, appears to be verified by his journey when pope into Germany, by his long career as pope, and by his expatriation from Rome at the end of his pontificate.
Those who have followed the course of events of the pontificates of Pius IX, Leo XIII, and Pius X will certainly note that the titles given to each by the prophecies of St. Malachy are marvelously appropriate: Crux de Cruce (Cross from a Cross) Pius IX; Lumen in caelo (Light in the Sky) Leo XIII; Ignis ardens (Burning Fire) Pius X.
There is something more than coincidence in the mystical titles given to these three popes so many hundreds of years before their time. The afflictions and crosses of Pius IX coming mostly from the House of Savoy whose emblem was a cross, are remarkable confirmations. Leo XIII was considered to be a veritable luminary of the papacy. Pius X was truly a burning fire of zeal for the restoration of all things to Christ. This is, of course, the argument against these prophecies being forgeries. Either that, or the forger was a very good prophet!
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