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Final part of the prophecies in Lignum Vitæ (1595), p. 311. The Prophecy of the Popes (Latin: Prophetia Sancti Malachiae Archiepiscopi, de Summis Pontificibus, "Prophecy of Saint-Archbishop Malachy, concerning the Supreme Pontiffs") is a series of 112 short, cryptic phrases in Latin which purport to predict the Catholic popes (along with a few antipopes), beginning with Celestine II.
Malachy (/ ˈ m æ l ə k i /; Middle Irish: Máel Máedóc Ua Morgair; Modern Irish: Maelmhaedhoc Ó Morgair; Latin: Malachias) (1094 – 2 November 1148) is an Irish saint who was Archbishop of Armagh, to whom were attributed several miracles and an alleged vision of 112 popes later attributed to the apocryphal (i.e. of doubtful authenticity) Prophecy of the Popes.
Wyon is best known for reportedly discovering the Prophecy of the Popes or Prophecy of Saint Malachy. [2] [3] [4] Critics cite a lack of accuracy for popes after Wyon "discovered" the document, and the similarity between the 75th pope and Cardinal Simoncelli, a friend of Wyon's, who was seeking election in the then upcoming papal conclave.
The Prophecies of Malachi refer to two very different works: The one most often meant is a list of prophecies on the reigns of the Popes, apparently by a medieval Irish monk Malachi, possibly the same as St. Malachi; The Biblical Book of Malachi may also be meant
The Prophecy of St. Malachy is a supposed list of 112 popes beginning in 1143 with Pope Celestine II and continuing apparently to the end of time. It was allegedly discovered around 1595 by Benedictine monk Arnold de Wyon, who attributes it to the 12th century Malachy of Armagh. Each pope is identified with a short cryptic motto.
15th-century watercolor illustration in Vaticinia de Summis Pontificibus. A series of manuscript prophecies concerning the Papacy, under the title of Vaticinia de Summis Pontificibus, a Latin text which assembles portraits of popes and prophecies related to them, [1] circulated from the late thirteenth-early fourteenth century, with prophecies concerning popes from Pope Nicholas III onwards.
the list of st malacny ended with olive (bible uses olive branch or tree to mean jews many times as pope benedict is jewish he fits this prophecy) and someone later added peter the roman to the end of the list BUT that last addition was NEVER part of the list of st malachy... so that with that list ending with pope benedict 16, many thought that then would mean ,,,, with no more popes listed ...
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