The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-06
PROPHECY AND THE PAPACY.

The Prophecy OF st. Malachy and Other
Prophecies Concerning the Terminn-
tion OF the Roman POntificate.
st. Malachy, Archbishop OF Armagh Ireland,
died In 114S leaving after him. 1t is said, amaz
Ing prophecy In regard 10 the Popes This pro-
phecy, 1t has been held, contains the number OF
al the Pontins that were to rule the
Church after Malachy's time. The enumeration
contains l01 Popes, and each OF these
P0pes Is expressed, not by name, but
by an epigrammatic Latin sentence by which
he could be at once personally distinguished. The
one hundred and first Pope is described as ''Crux
de Cruce" and, by general accord, this designation
ats Plus TX. "Crux de Crucen means q cross from
cross, and this Is understood to signify crucial
persecution from king. whose chief royal emblem
Is the cross. Victor Emmanuel is such king. His
crown is surmounted by the cross, and he certainly
has inflicted crucial sorrows on Plus TX. Such Is
the argument by which ST. Malachy's prophecy on
his one hundred and first OF the Ponti1s Is
crowned with realization. And this Is by no
means whatever the only ful1lment the Malachian
foresight has obtained. These prophecies were
frst published in Rome IN 1895, that is $50
years alter Malachy's death, and their editor,
Eeaedictine monk, named Arnold Won, gave an
account OF where he got them. But they made an
extraordinary sensation.
These prophecies begin with Celesti H., in l143.
We hereby append then in the order in which they
first saw the light, putting after each Of them the
application, or fulflment that has verified It, 1t
VIII be remembered, as stated above, that each
Pope In the list is designated or expressed by
snort Latin sentence
The Prophecies or Malachy, with Their
Application.
Ftrst.-Celestine ii. was pre-described in the
words. "Ex Castro rberis," that is, from the Cas-
THIS nicely hit the mark for Celestine was de-
scended from the Castelli family and he was born
In the city OF CASTILLO, which is In the vicinity oil
Second.-Lucius H., the next Pope, was pre- called
"lpimlcus Expulsus," which means the hunted
foe. The family name OF Lucius was Caccianemci,
which Is Italian for the two Latin words conferred
"Ex magntudine montlsn-rrom the summit OF the
mountain Eugene was born in Montenegro. Not
fourth -Anastasius w., the succeeding Pontin,
was pre-announced In the words "Abbas Suburra-
nus"-the Abbot Of the suburra; An excellent hit;
Anastasius held the place OF Abbot 1t Velletri and
his family name was suburb.
FVu.-The next Pope was Adrian Nv. He got
from the Alban village. Adrian was born in
England.
SIrM.-victor w., an antelope, succeeds Adrian
His designation was " eA-tetfo carcere," from the
horrid prison. This antelope had been Cardinal
OF st. Nlcalo In Carcere-of ST. Nicholas OF the
prison. Not bad hit OF all TOR an antelope.
SeUenM--The seventh Pope was also an antelope
Transti5erena'i--the Street or road OF Trasterne.
Pascal nad been Cardinal OF st Callistus, in Tras
ternc. that is, OF ST. Callistus beyond the Tiber.
Esgnth-The eighth Pope, too, was an antelope,
CallIstus III. The prophetic sign OF him was Ode
Pannonial Tuscialr-from Hungary OF Tusenlum-
which was very good. Calistus was Hungarian
by birth, and when he aspired'to be Pope, he was
0 Nnh pifnVp next pope was Alexander III. The
brand he got was "Ex ausere custode'-rom the
guardian goose. The Italian Tor goose Is ''papero.n
Nlaax . mad nnfh n n
place IN early Roman history. and the surname OF
Alexander was Paperone. hit, therefore;
Tenth--The tenth Pontin was Lucius Iii. The
propet ioretold him in the words, "Lux In Ostio'-
the light OF Ostia. Lucius was o native OF Lucca,
and he was Cardinal Bishop OF ostia- Another de-
Eleuenth-The next Holy Father was Urban Ill
he was pre-desgnated ''Sus in Crebo''-the SOW in
Urban was q scion OF the Criyelll family Of Milan,
and the SOW was quartered in the arms OF the
house; Malachy's eye was wide open on that occa-
| .7toeUyh.-The next Pope was 'Gregory VIII. His
designation was "Ensis Laurentn'i-the sword or
Lawrence. Gregory was Cardinal OF san Lorenzo
aud the escutcheon OF his family was two swords,
one crossing the other. Another excellent bit for
T7sfrteeat1.-rne thirteenth Pontir was Clement
III. The Prophet described him, "De schola
exietr-he will rise from the school Clement III.
belonged to the Scoari family Of Rome. Not ex.
traordinary, but not wretched either
F0urteenth.-The fourteenth Pope was Oelestine
bovensiN-from the Bovensian village. We cannot
discover the application here.
FVleentb--The succeeding Pontif was Innocent
III. Malachy, Whoever wrote In Malachy's
name, called Innocent 'Comes Sgnatusn-the
lllustrious Count. Innocent son TO the Count
OF Legni, an eminent Roman family. Another
mark for the seer
ylrteenth-The next Pope in the line was Homo.
rius LII. The words put down for him were, Ca
nonicus de Latere''--Canon Of the Lateran. The
correspondence IL In the fact that Honorius had
been Canon OF the Lateran Church. Quite good
Ssye7stsessh-The seventeenth Pope was Gregory
TX His description was, AVIS ostiensisn-the
bird OF 0stia. Gregory was Bishop oil Ostia, and
the eagle was In his escutcheon. We should like
Notwithstanding eighteenth Pontir was Ceestine