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So generic fact nobody cares about: I was raised (mostly) Catholic. Don't worry too much about that because its only there to explain my knowledge of dumb #popefacts for example in the 16th century a certain Benedictian monk "found" a document he said was authored by Pic related.
Saint Malachy, 400 years ago. He claimed through cryptic latin clues it numerated and predicted every pope from the 12th century to current day 1590, and even would continue to predict popes via these clues. Is this a fake? Almost certainly.
Are the clues hilarious? Oh my yes:
Are the clues hilarious? Oh my yes:
9. Alexander III
Secret clue: From the/of the Guardian Goose
What: He had a goose in his family coat of arms.
11.
Clue: Pig in a sieve
Excuse me?: His surname means sieve and he had pigs on his coat of arms.
How are you not immediately getting these guys?
Secret clue: From the/of the Guardian Goose
What: He had a goose in his family coat of arms.
11.
Clue: Pig in a sieve
Excuse me?: His surname means sieve and he had pigs on his coat of arms.
How are you not immediately getting these guys?
Moving forward in time a bit:
23. Gregory X
Clue: Snakey man
Its going to be a coat of arms thing isn't it: You guessed it, a lot of these "pre-discovery" predictions are like that. It gets....interesting as we go beyond that point.
23. Gregory X
Clue: Snakey man
Its going to be a coat of arms thing isn't it: You guessed it, a lot of these "pre-discovery" predictions are like that. It gets....interesting as we go beyond that point.
Here's some more clues of other popes pre-discovery of this document/forgery, match them to some popes without cheating and you win a prize!
"Woodpecker between food"
"Schismatic crow"
"Cold Abbot" (poor abbot :()
"From a pregnant hell." (My pre-discovery favourite!)
"Woodpecker between food"
"Schismatic crow"
"Cold Abbot" (poor abbot :()
"From a pregnant hell." (My pre-discovery favourite!)
Now as I said this prophetic document was uh, "Found" in 1590 and had popes beyond this point too. At this point the clues strangely become a bit more....
78. Leo X
Clue: Wavy man! (o7)
Explain: I can't, this is his CoA His surname doesn't mean wave. You tell me!
78. Leo X
Clue: Wavy man! (o7)
Explain: I can't, this is his CoA His surname doesn't mean wave. You tell me!
86. INNOCENT XI
Clue: INSATIABLE BEAST
88. INNOCENT XII
Clue: Rake in the door
90. INNOCENT XIII
Clue: From a good religion (Wait which one???)
Clue: INSATIABLE BEAST
88. INNOCENT XII
Clue: Rake in the door
90. INNOCENT XIII
Clue: From a good religion (Wait which one???)
Lastly for this set of tweets maybe two people will read I come to my favourite:
95. Clement XIV
His wonderful clue: Quick, Bear!
95. Clement XIV
His wonderful clue: Quick, Bear!
Wikipedia's explanation of the greatest minds working out what hell: "Proponents of the prophecies have struggled to provide a satisfactory explanation of this motto; some authors claim without evidence that the Ganganelli arms featured a running bear, but this is dubious"
So remember kids, ask not if a bear shits in the woods, ask what the hell the pope was doing that made it run off so fast.
