Nostradamus

Nostradamus, (December 14, 1503 – July 1, 1566) born Michel de Nostredame, is one of the world's most famous authors of prophecies. He is most famous for his book Les Propheties, which consists of rhymed quatrains (4‑line poems) grouped into sets of 100, called Centuries.

Nostradamus in popular culture

Television

The television series Alias prominently features the character Milo Rambaldi, a fictional Nostradamus-like prophet. In the science fiction series First Wave, the protagonists use the quatrains of Nostradamus to fight back against an alien invasion. Nostradamus has also been parodied on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show.

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Alias - Milo Rambaldi - Science fiction - First Wave

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Film

He is the subject of many films, including:

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• {{imdb title | id=0081109 | title=Nostradamus: The Man Who Saw Tomorrow}} (1981)
• {{imdb title | id=0207631 | title=Nostradamus}} (2000)
• {{imdb title | id=0110689 | title=Nostradamus}} (1994) Depicts Nostradamus's rise in influence, because of success in treating plague and his predictions, culminating in his appointment as court physician to Charles IX of France.

Music

Composer Robert Steadman has twice used Nostradamus' prophecies in pieces of music: in 1987's Mass in Black quatrains by Nostradamus were juxtaposed with the Latin Requiem Mass text and poems on environmental issues. And in 1999, he set what is thought to be Nostradamus' prediction of the end of the world for soprano and chamber ensemble in The Final Prophecy.

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Composer - Robert Steadman - Prophecies - Mass in Black - Quatrains - Latin - Requiem - Poems - Environmental - Soprano - Chamber ensemble - The Final Prophecy

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In 2005, Dutch band Kayak released a rock opera called Nostradamus - Fate of Man. English singer/songwriter Al Stewart wrote a song called "Nostradamus", concerning the prophecies, for his 1973 album Past, Present, and Future.

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2005 - Kayak - Rock opera - Al Stewart - 1973

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Comics

In an Italian Mickey Mouse story, Mickey and Goofy travel back in time and by accident a young boy followed them back to the present. The boy had to go back to his own time and his memory of the future was erased, but before that he grabbed pieces of books. The boy of course became Nostradamus and the ripped pages from books explained his visions of the future. The story was made by Massimo Marconi and Massimo De Vita.

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Mickey Mouse - Goofy

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A Phantom story from 1983 by Ulf Granberg and Jaime Vallvé featured an appearance by Nostradamus.

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