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It was during this phase of his life that stories began to circulate about his supposed clairvoyant abilites. In Ancona, Italy, he prostrated himself before a young Franciscan monk, Felix Peretti. The startled monk, a former swineherd, asked Nostradamus to explain his actions. He replied that he was kneeling before his holiness, much to the amusement of the other monks. Felix Pretti was elected Pope Sixtus 1v in 1585.

On another occasion Nostradamus was supposedly the guest of a skeptic, the Seigneur de Florinville. The Seigneur asked which of two pigs would be eaten that night. Nostramdamus answered that a wolf would devour the white pig, and the black pig would be served at table. Determined to prove Nostradamus wrong, Florinvilleordered the slaughter of the white pig. The cook complied and the white pig was roasted.

During the meal Florinville asked which pig they were eating, and Nostradamus answered: "the black pig." Delighted, Florinville sent for the cook and asked him which pig was on the table. He was astounded when the cook explained that a tame wolf had entered the kitchen and devoured the white pig, he had then slaughtered and cooked the black pig. Flourinville was a skeptic no longer.

When Nostradamus returned to France he settled in Salon, and in November 1547 he married Anne Gemelle. His wandering days were over. He began to write, and the first book of his prophecies was published in 1555. He grouped his quatrains in sets of 100, known as the centuries. The book contained 350 predictions (three complete centuries plus 53 quatrains of the Fourth).
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