Death
On the evening of the 1st of July 1566, Nostradamus is alleged to have told his secretary Jean de Chavigny, "You will not find me alive at sunrise." The next morning he was reportedly found dead lying on the floor next to his bed. Nostradamus's gout, which had plagued him painfully for many years and made movement very difficult, turned into edema (or dropsy), without treatment the condition resulted in congestive heart failure, this later determined his cause of death.
Legacy
Among many things Nostradamus was a French physician, scientist and astrologer. Despite being alive nearly five hundred years ago, he is considered as one of the most respected and valued visionaries of all time. He is known to have predicted at least 6338 prophesies, with his most famous ones being the French Revolution, the Holocaust, 9/11 and assassination of JFK.
Whilst enthusiasts have acknowledged these predictions of significant events of history, some skeptics however detract from the legend and perceive Nostradamus's popularity is due to the vagueness of his writings and their lack of specific dates, which make it easy to selectively quote them after any major dramatic events and retrospectively claim them as true. Other scholars believe he was not writing to be a prophet, but writing to comment on events of his time and the people in it.
Whatever his method or intentions, Nostradamus' timeless predictions continue to make him popular in both medieval and modern society.
Whilst enthusiasts have acknowledged these predictions of significant events of history, some skeptics however detract from the legend and perceive Nostradamus's popularity is due to the vagueness of his writings and their lack of specific dates, which make it easy to selectively quote them after any major dramatic events and retrospectively claim them as true. Other scholars believe he was not writing to be a prophet, but writing to comment on events of his time and the people in it.
Whatever his method or intentions, Nostradamus' timeless predictions continue to make him popular in both medieval and modern society.