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Author: Bl. Joachim of Fiore

  • Angelic Successors

    Predicts a line of angelic popes succeeding the Angelic Pontiff, each working miracles, confirming his reforms, and leading the Church in continued unity and virtue during the time of peace.

  • Angelic Pontiff

    Prophesies a remarkable pope, “Angelic Pontiff,” full of holiness and miracles, who will restore the Church, reunite East and West, recover Jerusalem, crush heresy and division, and lead the world into one faith and spiritual prosperity.

  • Great Monarch

    Foresees a “generous monarch of France” Great Monarch, from the line of Pepin, who will cooperate with the Angelic Pontiff to restore peace and Christian kingship, possibly receiving a vacant throne Holy Roman Empire.

  • Age of Peace

    After long suffering and bloodshed, peace and happiness will be given to the nations: Jerusalem restored, heresies defeated, exiled rulers returning, and a period of tranquility with the Church flourishing after turmoil.