POPES (*ANTIPOPES) PROPHETIA S. MALACHIAE
DE SUMMIS PONTIFICIBUS.—-rank in papal succession
: from Peter.
—————————————————————————-165 Celestine II (1143-1144) 1 Ex castro Tyberis.
(from a castle on the Tiber)
Hist.: Celestin II was born inCitta di Castello, Toscany,
on the shores of the Tiber
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166 Lucius II (1144-1145) 2 Inimicus expulsus.
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167 Eugene III (1145-1153) 3 Ex magnitudine montis.
(Of the greatness of the mount)
Hist.: Born in the castle of
Grammont (latin: mons magnus),
his family name was Montemagno
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168 Anastasius IV (1153-1154) 4 Abbas Suburranus.
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169 Adrian IV (1154-1159) 5 De rure albo.
(field of Albe)
Hist.: Born in the town of
Saint-Alban
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* Victor IV (1159-1164) 6 Ex tetro carcere.
* Paschal III (1164-1168) 7 Via trans-Tyberina.
* Calistus III (1168-1178) 8 De Pannonia Tusciae.
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??? Innocent III (1179-1180) — as I mentioned, this antipope
does not seem to be accounted
for in Malachy’s list.
Neither D. Reju nor
de Fontbrune include this
antipope in their
interpretations.
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170 Alexander III (1159-1181) 9 Ex ansere custode.
171 Lucius III (1181-1185) 10 Lux in ostio.
172 Urban III (1185-1187) 11 Sus in cribo.
173 Gregory VIII (1187) 12 Ensis Laurentii.
174 Clement III (1187-1191) 13 De schola exiet.
175 Celestine III (1191-1198) 14 De rure bovensi.
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176 Innocent III (1198-1216) 15 Comes signatus.
(signed Count)
Hist.: descendant of the noble
Signy, later called Segni
family
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177 Honorius III (1216-1227) 16 Canonicus de latere.
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178 Gregory IX (1227-1241) 17 Avis Ostiensis.
(Bird of Ostia)
Hist.: before his election he
was Cardinal of Ostia
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179 Celestine IV (1241) 18 Leo Sabinus.
180 Innocent IV (1243-1254) 19 Comes Laurentius.
181 Alexander IV (1254-1261) 20 Signum Ostiense.
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182 Urban IV (1261-1264) 21 Hierusalem Campaniae.
(Jerusalem of Champagne)
Hist.: native of Troyes,
Champagne, later patriarch of
Jerusalem
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183 Clement IV (1265-1268) 22 Draca depressus.
184 Gregory X (1271-1276) 23 Anguinus vir.
185 Innocent V (1276) 24 Concionatur Gallus.
186 Adrian V (1276) 25 Bonus Comes.
187 John XXI (1276-1277) 26 Piscator Tuscus.
188 Nicholas III (1277-1280) 27 Rosa composita.
189 Martin IV (1281-1285) 28 Ex teloneo liliacei Martini.
190 Honorius IV (1285-1287) 29 Ex rosa leonina.
191 Nicholas IV (1288-1292) 30 Picus inter escas.
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192 Nicholas IV (1288-1292) 31 Ex eremo celsus.
(elevated from a hermit)
Hist.: prior to his election he
was a hermit in the monastery
of Pouilles
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193 Boniface VIII (1294-1303) 32 Ex undarum benedictione.
194 Benedict XI (1303-1304) 33 Concionator patereus.
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195 Clement V (1305-1314) 34 De fessis Aquitanicis.
(ribbon of Aquitaine)
Hist.: was archbishop of
Bordeaux in Aquitaine
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196 John XXII (1316-1334) 35 De sutore osseo.
(of the cobbler of Osseo)
Hist.: Family name Ossa, son of
a shoe-maker
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* Nicholas V (1328-1330) 36 Corvus schismaticus.
(the schismatic crow)
Note the reference to the
schism, the only antipope at
this period
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197 Benedict XII (1334-1342) 37 Frigidus Abbas.
(cold friar)
Hist.: he was a priest in the
monastery of Frontfroid
(coldfront)
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198 Clement VI (1342-1352) 38 De rosa Attrebatensi.
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199 Innocent VI (1352-1362) 39 De montibus Pammachii.
(of the mount of Pammachius)
Hist: born in Mont, Limousin,
not much else here
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200 Urban V (1362-1370) 40 Gallus Vice-comes.
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201 Gregory XI (1370-1378) 41 Novus de Virgine forti.
(novel of the virgin fort)
Hist.: count of Beaufort, later
Cardinal of Ste-Marie La Neuve
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* Clement VII (1378-1394) 42 De cruce Apostilica.
* Benedict XIII (1394-1423) 43 Luna Cosmedina.
* Clement VIII (1423-1429) 44 Schisma Barcinonicum.
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??? Benedict XIV (1425-?) — again, left out of the list;
see my remarks at the top
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202 Urban VI (1378-1389) 45 De Inferno praegnanti.
203 Boniface IX (1389-1404) 46 Cubus de mixtione.
204 Innocent VII (1404-1406) 47 De meliore sydere.
205 Gregory XII (1406-1415) 48 Nauta de ponte nigro.
* Alexander V (1409-1410) 49 Flagellum Solis.
* John XIII (1410-1415) 50 Cervus Sirenae.
206 Martin V (1417-1431) 51 Corona veli aurei.
207 Eugene IV (1431-1447) 52 Lupa caelestina.
* Felix V (1439-1449) 53 Amator crucis.
208 Nicholas V (1447-1455) 54 De modicitate lunae.
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209 Callistus III (1455-1458) 55 Bos pascens.
(grazing ox)
Hist.: Alphonse Borgia’s arms
sported a golden grazing ox
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210 Pius II (1458-1464) 56 De capra et Albergo.
211 Paul II (1464-1471) 57 De cervo et Leone.
212 Sixtus IV (1471-1484) 58 Piscator Minorita.
213 Innocent VIII (1484-1492) 59 Praecursor Siciliae.
214 Alexander VI (1492-1503) 60 Bos Albanus in portu.
215 Pius III (1503) 61 De parvo homine.
216 Julius II (1503-1513) 62 Fructus jovis juvabit.
217 Leo X (1513-1521) 63 De craticula Politiana.
218 Adrian VI (1522-1523) 64 Leo Florentius.
216 Clement VII (1523-1534) 65 Flos pilaei aegri.
220 Paul III (1534-1549) 66 Hiacynthus medicorum.
221 Julius III (1550-1555) 67 De corona Montana.
222 Marcellus II (1555) 68 Frumentum floccidum.
223 Paul IV (1555-1559) 69 De fide Petri.
224 Pius IV (1559-1565) 70 Aesculapii pharmacum.
225 St. Pius V (1566-1572) 71 Angelus nemorosus.
226 Gregory XIII (1572-1585) 72 Medium corpus pilarum.
227 Sixtus V (1585-1590) 73 Axis in medietate signi.
228 Urban VII (1590) 74 De rore caeli.
229 Gregory XIV (1590-1591) 75 De antiquitate Urbis.
230 Innocent IX (1591) 76 Pia civitas in bello.
231 Clement VIII (1592-1605) 77 Crux Romulea.
232 Leo XI (1605) 78 Undosus Vir.
233 Paul V (1605-1621) 79 Gens perversa.
234 Gregory XV (1621-1623) 80 In tribulatione pacis.
235 Urban VIII (1623-1644) 81 Lilium et rosa.
236 Innocent X (1644-1655) 82 Jucunditas crucis.
237 Alexander VII (1655-1667) 83 Montium custos.
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238 Clement IX (1667-1669) 84 Sydus Olorum.
(constellation of swans)
Hist.: upon his election, he
was apparently the occupant of
the Chamber of Swans in the
Vatican.
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239 Clement X (1670-1676) 85 De flumine magno.
240 Innocent XI (1676-1689) 86 Bellua insatiabilis
241 Alexander VIII (1689-1691) 87 Poenitentia gloriosa.
242 Innocent XII (1691-1700) 88 Rastrum in porta.
243 Clement XI (1700-1721) 89 Flores circumdati.
244 Innocent XIII (1721-1724) 90 De bona Religione.
245 Benedict XIII (1724-1730) 91 Miles in bello.
246 Clement XII (1730-1740) 92 Columna excelsa.
247 Benedict XIV (1740-1758) 93 Animal rurale.
248 Clement XIII (1758-1769) 94 Rosa Umbriae.
249 Clement XIV (1769-1774) 95 Ursus velox.
250 Pius VI (1775-1799) 96 Peregrinus Apostolicus
251 Pius VII (1800-1823) 97 Aquila rapax.
252 Leo XII (1823-1829) 98 Canis et coluber.
253 Pius VIII (1829-1830) 99 Vir religiosus.
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254 Gregory XVI (1831-1846) 100 De balneis hetruriae.
(bath of Etruria)
Hist.: prior to his election he
was member of an order founded
by Saint Romuald, at Balneo, in
Etruria, present day Toscany.
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255 Pius IX (1846-1878) 101 Crux de cruce.
256 Leo XIII (1878-1903) 102 Lumen in caelo.
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257 St. Pius X (1903-1914) 103 Ignis ardent.
(ardent fire)
Hist.: his death coincided with
the beginning of the fires of
WWI
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258 Benedict XV (1914-1922) 104 Religio depopulata.
259 Pius XI (1922-1939) 105 Fides intrepida.
260 Pius XII (1939-1958) 106 Pastor angelicus.
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261 John XXIII (1958-1963) 107 Pastor et Nauta.
(pastor and marine)
Hist.: prior to his election
he was patriarch of Venise, a
marine city, home of the
gondolas
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262 Paul VI (1963-1978) 108 Flos florum.
(flower of flowers)
Hist.: his arms displayed three
lilies.
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263 John Paul I (1978) 109 De medietate Lunae.
(of the half of the moon)
Hist.: Albino Luciani, born in
Canale d’Ogardo, diocese of
Belluno, (beautiful moon)
Elected pope on august 26, on
the first day of the last
quarter of the moon which
appeared as a perfect half-disk
in the sky…
The lunar eclipse of the 17th
of september was to be the
apogee of his reign. His reign
lasted about a month, from half
a moon to the next half…
He died (according to some,
assassinated) on september 28
on a night of the last quarter,
with again only half of the
silver disk visible in the
night sky…
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264 John Paul II (1978-) 110 De labore Solis.
(of the eclipse of the sun)
Hist.:Karol Wojtyla was born on
mai 18, 1920 during a solar
eclipse
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265 ??? 111 Gloria olivae.
266 ??? 112 In psecutione extre-
ma S.R.E. sedebit
Petrus Romanus, qui
pascet oues in mul-
tis tribulationibus :
quibus transactis ci-
uitas septicollis di-
ruetur, & Iudex tre
mêdus iudicabit po
pulum suum. Finis. |
